MOVEMENT LEADERS
MAJOR EVENTS
ASIAN AMERICAN SONG
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
100

Who is Emma Gees husband?

Yuji Ichioka

100

How long did the Third World Liberationfront strike last for?

November 1968 - March 1969

100

When was the song created?

In 1973

100

Who especially had to rely on low-income housing?

The eldery population

200

Yuji Ichioka was the first teacher to teach what course at UCLA?

First Asian American course

200

Which president issued the procolamation for Asian American week and in what year?

March 28, 1979

200

What is the name of the song?

We are the Children

200

Who were they not allowed to marry?

white women

300

Who founded and co-founded the Asian American Political Alliance?

Founder:Yuji Ichioka 

Co-Founder:Emma Gee

300

What were the three major events?

Third World Liberation Front Strike 1969, Nations First Asian American Heritage Week, March 9, 1979, and The Murder of Vincent Chin on June 19, 1982

300

Who was the songs audience?

The American public and other Asian Americans

300

What would students recieve from schools counselors and administrators?

strict and unreasonable discipline and racial bias 

400

Who were the three main movement leaders?

Yuri Kochiyama, yuji ichioka, and Emma Gee

400

How was Vincent Chin killed and what were the consequences of taking his life?

Vincent Chin was brutally beaten by 2 white men and they only recived a 3,000$ fine and probation with no jail time

400

Who were the creators of the song?

Charlie Chin, Chris Iijima, and Nobuko JoAnne

400

How long did imigration laws remain discriminatory towards asians?

Until 1965

500

What was Yuri Kockiyamas background before becoming a movement leader?

Was in and Internment camp in Arkansas for 2 years, Her father was arrested labled as a prisoner of war after Pearl Harbor, Born and rasied in San Pedro California

500

What did the Third World Liberation Front Strike create the first of?

First ever college of Ethnic Studies

500

What was the message of the song?

Acknowledgement of the hard work & suffering that Asian Americans have gone through for America

500

What explotation and mistreatment did Asian Americans have to endure?

Harsh working conditions:long hours in dusty fields that cause health issues, little money and breaks. Families faced interment camps aswell as being targeted by taxes