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  • Four student leaders of the Third World Liberation Front march down a UC Berkeley street. A crowd marches behind them.

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    Third World Liberation Front Leaders

    TWLF leaders marching down Bancroft Way at UC Berkeley, c.1969 included (left to right) Charles Brown (Afro-American Student Union), Ysidrio Macias (Mexican American Student Confederation), LaNada Means (Native American Student Union), and Stan Kadani (Asian American political Alliance).

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • A close-up of Robert “Bob” Illumin, a young man in a patterned blazer and collared shirt, as he speaks into microphones. Crowd stands behind him.

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    Robert “Bob” Illumin

    Robert “Bob” Illumin was active in the Philippine American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE) at San Francisco State. PACE formed in 1967 to offer tutoring and support academics, becoming one of three Asian American organizations to join the TWLF at San Francisco State.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Harvey Dong, a young Chinese American man wearing glasses with thick frames and a dark colored sweater, laughs while seated at table.

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    Harvey Dong

    Harvey Dong grew up in Sacramento, the child of Chinese immigrants. At UC Berkeley he joined the Asian American Political Alliance and the TWLF strike, and was part of the group that moved into the community, helping to found Everybody Bookstore in the International Hotel.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Lillian Fabros, a young Filipino American woman in a loose, light colored top, smiles while crouching near artichokes growing in a field.

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    Lillian Fabros Bando, 1976

    Lillian Fabros, the daughter of Filipino immigrants, grew up working the fields in Salinas. She gained a social consciousness from these experiences and at UC Berkeley, joined the Asian American Political Alliance, protested the Vietnam War, and participated in the TWLF strike.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Kyoko Takenaka holding a guitar and signing into a microphone.

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    Kyoko Takenaka

    Kyoko Takenaka is a musician, filmmaker, performance artist, and Butoh dancer based across the US and Japan.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 1
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  • Jess X Snow dressed for the red carpet.

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    Jess x. Snow

    Jess X. Snow is a Chinese-diasporic filmmaker, multi-disciplinary artist, and poet.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 1
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  • Ruby Ibarra rapping in an auditorium with dancers behind her.

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    Ruby Ibarra

    Ruby Ibarra is a Pilipina American rapper, producer, and director who often performs in English, Tagalog, and Bisaya.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 1
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  • A tall apartment complex in a city setting with a mural showing activists demonstrating.

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    International Hotel Manilatown Center in 2005

    Community efforts led to the 2005 completion of the International Hotel Manilatown Center low-income senior housing, which includes a community center, a historical display commemorating the original I-Hotel, and a mural depicting activists fighting to preserve affordable housing in San Francisco.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 1
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    Estella Habal Video Excerpt

    Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP) organizer Estella Habal describes the night of the I-Hotel Evictions, when two thousand activists protested outside the hotel.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 1
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  • Estella Habal sitting in an ornate highback chair smiling and holding one fist above her head.

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    Estella Habal

    Estella Habal was a full-time Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP) organizer during the International Hotel struggle to resist evictions and gentrification.

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  • Black and white photo of a young Ruby Tape dressed in a hat and a fur scarf while holding a leather purse standing on sandy ground.

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    Module 5: A Modern Chinese American Woman

    Mae Ngai

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights
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  • Samoan American Laulauga Tausaga-Collins stands in the National Athletics Centre. She poses with her gold medal and the U.S. flag wrapped around her.

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    Chapter Overview: Samoans in the United States

    Lana Lopesi

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  • Sunrise on the beach of Ofu, American Sāmoa. Mountains are on the left with palm trees at the base and large rocks on the shore.

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    Module 1: Overview: Samoans in the United States

    Lana Lopesi

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    Samoans in the United States
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  • Mural on the side of Bridge West Academy depicts a girl dressed in the Bangladeshi flag with a Bengal tiger, Bengali script, Shaheed Minar and hills.

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    Chapter Overview: Bangladeshi Americans

    Nazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed

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  • A sign with concrete footings placed on a lawn that reads "Welcome to Banglatown". Images of a Bengali flag and an American flag are next to the text.

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    Module 1: Bangladeshi Migration and Settlement in the US

    Nazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed

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    Bangladeshi Americans
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  • Refugees carry their belongings while trekking across a dry riverbed in the Ganges Delta at Kushtia.

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    Module 2: Bangladeshi Americans and the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

    Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, Nazli Kibria, Sharbari Ahmed

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    Bangladeshi Americans
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  • A Chinese man holds a carrying pole with two buckets on either end over his shoulders standing between a mountainside and piles of rubble.

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    Chapter Overview: Chinese Americans and the Making of American History

    Cecilia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit Shelton

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  • Magazine cover of Patsy Mink, a Japanese American woman wearing sleeveless dress. Mink poses holding a bill with U.S. Capitol Dome in background.

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    Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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  • Cover page of an educational comic book on Patsy Takemoto Mink

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    Module 1: Overview

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless
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