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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Conquest and Division: War and Empire in Asia and the Pacific

    Jean-Paul deGuzman and Misha Choudhry

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  • Japanese American couple and their two children stand outside their vandalized garage. Spray painted graffiti reads "No Japs Wanted" on exterior wall.

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  • Everett Swanson, dressed in a suit, smiles at camera while holding a young South Korean war orphan, dressed in a red dress and a white shirt.

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  • A group of Vietnamese refugees wade through knee deep sea water. They carry no belongings.

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  • A U.S. soldier searches an Afghan man with raised arms. Another U.S. soldier and a boy stand next to them. Another man on a motorbike awaits his turn.

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