Activists
Chinese American who was a civil rights activist (majority for black people) and labor activist
Grace Lee Boggs
when was the movement most effective?
Late 1960's to the mid 1970's
What did the protesters do as an act to stop Asian discrimination.
Walked inside a construction site while people were working forcing them to stop.
What were the consequences for Filipino farmers for going on strike?
losing wages, and getting evicted.
What did the International District Preservation Movement do?
Helped Asian American activists gain immigration money from the kingdom’s construction to help the districts.
Coined the term ‘Asian American’ and began the Asian Americans study
Yuji Ichioka
What was the movement's purpose?
Racial Justice
What happened after the developer refused to hire Asian workers for construction.
The first protest over discriminatory labor practices began.
In 1965 what did the farmers strike for?
Ten grape vineyards.
What is the Agricultural workers organizing committee (A.W.O.C)?
An organization lead by Larry Itliong leading a series of strikes against table grape growers in Delano, California.
Japanese American who demanded reparations for Japanese American internees
Yuri Kochiyama
What did the Asian american activist fight for the end of?
Vietnam war
What happened in 1974?
A developer refused to hire Asian workers.
How did the farmers strike the grapes.
By not participating in the harvests and boycotting grapes.
What did the Asian Americans for Equality organization do?
Started to protest against racial discrimination after Asians were refused to get hired.
Fought against resisting drafting / getting sent to internment camps. Apart of Fair Play Committees
Frank Emi
The Vietnam war caused which activists to fight
Asian American Activists
What did the protesters find as a victory leading to the establishment of Asian Americans for Equal Employment as an organization.
the developer decided to hire 27 minority workers with Asian Americans among them.
What did the farmers demand from the growers?
They demanded higher paying wages.
what did the Asian Coalition for Equality organization do?
They combatted anti-Asian forms of discrimination.
Filipino American, who was both a organizer and community leader in the farm labor movement including the Delano Grape Strike of the 1960s
Larry Itliong
What kind of camps were Japanese Americans forced into during the Vietnam War?
Internment camps
when did a developer refuse to hire asian workers?
In 1974
After 5 years of striking grapes what did the growers decide to do?
They signed a contract to give the farmers higher paying wages.
Protects and promotes the civil rights of Sikh Americans through legal aid, advocacy and educational outreach.
Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund (SAL DEF)