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  • I-Hotel tenants gather in interior courtyard. Two tenants stand with watering cans next to plant beds. Another tenant stands in open window.

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    I-Hotel Tenants

    I-Hotel tenants (left to right) Claudio Domingo, Anacleto Moniz, and Luisa de la Cruz (also known as Mrs. D), together as a community embodying the bayanihan spirit.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 3
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  • I-Hotel tenants gather in interior courtyard. Two tenants stand with watering cans next to plant beds. Another tenant stands in open window.

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    Manongs at Lucky M Pool Hall

    Manongs at the Lucky M Pool Hall, one of many establishments along Kearny Street in Manilatown where community members gathered.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 3
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  • Rows of I-Hotel tenants and supporters line entrance of the hotel. Above them, strung across the brick facade, is a sign reading "Stop Eviction!"

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    Stop Eviction at I-Hotel

    In an important act of community resistance, I-Hotel tenants and community allies lined up in front of the I-Hotel in 1977 to resist its closure and demolition.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 3
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  • A three page, typewritten document, entitled "The List of 15 Demands," outlines the 10 demands of the BSU and the 5 demands of the TWLF.

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    TWLF Strike Demands p3

    This document shows the 10 demands of the BSU and 5 demands of the TWLF, which together became the TWLF strike demands to create relevant educational content that included the histories and cultures of communities of color. They further valued both academic and experiential knowledge where students could learn by working on social problems in communities.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • A three page, typewritten document, entitled "The List of 15 Demands," outlines the 10 demands of the BSU and the 5 demands of the TWLF.

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    TWLF Strike Demands p2

    This document shows the 10 demands of the BSU and 5 demands of the TWLF, which together became the TWLF strike demands to create relevant educational content that included the histories and cultures of communities of color. They further valued both academic and experiential knowledge where students could learn by working on social problems in communities.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • A three page, typewritten document, entitled "The List of 15 Demands," outlines the 10 demands of the BSU and the 5 demands of the TWLF.

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    TWLF Strike Demands p1

    This document shows the 10 demands of the BSU and 5 demands of the TWLF, which together became the TWLF strike demands to create relevant educational content that included the histories and cultures of communities of color. They further valued both academic and experiential knowledge where students could learn by working on social problems in communities.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Leaflet with headline "Mass Strike Called." Two subheadings, "10 Student Demands" and "Students Ask to Walk Out," appear below.

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    TWLF Strike Leaflet

    This leaflet called for students to walk out of classes on November 6, 1968, the first day of the TWLF strike at San Francisco State College. It lists the 10 BSU-initiated demands adopted by the TWLF.

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Typed Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Asian American Political Alliance.

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    Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA) position paper

    The Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA).

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Typed Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action.

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    Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action (ICSA) position paper

    The Third World Liberation Front strike position paper for Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action (ICSA).

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Typed TWLF strike position paper for Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor.

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    Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE) position paper

    TWLF strike position paper for Philippine-American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE).

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    Asian American Activism, Module 2
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  • Yellow bumper sticker with words "Patsy Mink for President" in purple font. "Mink" is stylized in all caps at center of sticker.

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    Module 2: Opposition to the Vietnam War and US Presidential Campaign

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless
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  • Cartoon with Uncle Sam, a white man dressed in stars and stripes of U.S. flag, who looms over brown children wearing names of different countries.

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    Module 3: Environmental Justice, Settler Colonialism, and a Pacific Worldview

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless
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    Module 4: Title IX: The Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless
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  • I-Hotel supporters link arms to form barricade outside hotel. Above them hangs a banner with partially obscured text reading "No Eviction!"

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    Chapter Overview: Asian American Activism

    Artnelson Concordia, Katherine H. Lee, May C. Fu, and Diane C. Fujino

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  • Black and white photo: Vicci Wong and two other girls sit on a curb while holding signs in support of Huey Newton. Other people with signs stand nearby.

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    Module 1: Overview of Asian American Activism

    Diane C. Fujino

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    Asian American Activism
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  • Woman carrying South Korean flag stands next to member of the National Guard following the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising.

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    Chapter Overview: Korean Americans

    Jane Hong and Kimberly McKee

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  • Two Korean women and child, dressed in traditional clothing, outside of San Francisco's Angel Island Immigration Station.

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    Module 1: Overview

    Jane Hong

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    Korean Americans
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  • Uniformed Korean American men stand in rows outside of building. Flags of the U.S. and South Korea are seen behind last row of men.

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    Module 2: Korean Americans during World War II and the Korean War

    Jane Hong

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    Korean Americans
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  • Six female graduates of St. Paul's Hospital nursing program pose in a formal black and white portrait, dressed in nurse's cap and uniform.

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    Chapter Overview: Filipinx American Histories

    Theodore S. Gonzalves

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