History

A NYC Chinatown Hospital Organizing Flyer from the early 1970's: A demand for Chinese speaking workers in a community hospital

Asian Contingent Anti-War Flyer Washington D.C. April 1971
Down with U.S. Imperialism at Home and Abroad!

A Call for an Asian American Reality Conference 1970
One of the first means that early activists used to organize was to organize issues conferences. An early East Coast conference.

Today's Hiroshimas - A flyer from 1970 tying together the dropping of the atomic bomb and the Vietnam War

The Racial Formation of Asian Americans
1852-1965

The Myths of Hiroshima: Unnecessary bombings, and the threat of weapons of aggression to democracy

30th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War

No More Hiroshimas by Mike Murase

Hawaiian Sovereignty by Poka Laenui

Asian American History 101
In 1968 the contemporary Asian American Movement (AAM)* began in different locations almost simultaneously on campuses across the country as young Asian Americans were galvanized by the movement to build Asian American studies programs on college campuses.

American Movement Today
In 1971 Boston's first Asian American demonstration about domestic issues organized to preserve Chinatown against land taking by a local university-hospital complex. That thread continues today in the battle of several organizations to preserve Chinatown as a residential, social, and political center for the Chinese American community.

The Rise of Ethnic Studies at the University of Hawai'i: Anti-War, Student and Early Community Struggles

Japanese American soldiers liberated Dachau
Japanese American soldiers who liberated Dachau concentration camp. An oral history conducted by Nihomachi Outreach Committee in San Jose, CA.

Pearl Harbor: Asian Americans Witness Air Raid on Dec 7th, 1941
The untold story of Asian Americans during the attack

A Modern View: The Yellow Power Movement: Boxers, Panthers, and Hotels

Organizations

Free the Gym! - I Wor Kuen Statement on NYC struggle against traditional leadership over community facility July 1970

Yellow Seeds of Philadelphia

The Asian Political Alliance of Detroit

NCRR's Statement about Japanese American Redress

A history of Basement Workshop
In New York City Basement Workshop was started by a group of fellow urban planners and artists in 1971 on Elizabeth St. in New York Chinatown. It began with projects such as the Asian American Resource Center, which compiled information on Asian American communities, a magazine named Bridge, which was widely read, and a cultural publication called "Yellow Pearl."

American Citizens for Justice's Official Position on the Case of Vincent Chin

The History of the Committee Against Nihonmachi Evictions (CANE) that led the struggle against the destruction of San Francisco Nihonmachi

Gidra: A history of the seminal Los Angeles Movement Newspaper

From Pool Halls to Building Workers' Organizations: Lessons for Today's Activists from Warren Mar, a former member of I Wor Kuen and LRS

I Wor Kuen
Wor Kuen (IWK) began as a revolutionary Asian nationalist organization in the '70s. Youth from New York Chinatown and from local colleges saw the conditions that people of color faced and the oppression of Asian American workers in U.S. history. They decided to dedicate their lives to creating revolutionary change, pooled resources, and opened a store front on Market St. in Chinatown.

New Dawn Rising: History and Summation of the Japan Town Collective in San Francisco Nihonmachi

Red Guard Party
The Red Guard Party was founded in San Francisco's Chinatown in February of 1969. Inspired by the Cultural Revolution in China, the Red Guards organized youth for revolutionary change in the U.S.

People

A Tribute to Chris Iijima

Remembering Carlos Bulosan
The author of America Is In the Heart was blacklisted as a communist and disappeared from the public eye.

The San Pedro Firm Building: The Legacy of Judy Nishimoto Ota

Publications
Environmental Justice In Hawai'i: A Hawaiian issue - Unity Mag. 1993
Misleading Assumptions: The Case of Asians and Pacific Islanders and Environmental Justice - Unity Mag 1993

The Vietnam War and Asians in America by APA Detroit (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) 1971.

Asian Americans and the Fight for Educational Rights - East Wind 1987

Images Bring Hidden History to Light: The Forbidden Book on the Philippine American War

Chinese American Workers: Past and Present
Today, like immigrants of other nationalities, many Chinese people continue to leave Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other parts of the world to come to the U.S. in search of a better life. Yet once they arrive, racial and language barriers force thousands of Chinese to seek work in restaurants, garment factories, and other service industries in and around the overcrowded Chinese communities. Sections on workers, women, youth.

East Wind Magazine
East Wind Magazine was a breakthrough publication for the Asian Ameircan Movement. We have reprinted some of the stories from Asian American activists in the early 80s.
(1982) –Hawaiian Sovereignty
U.S. Policy on Immigration
Literature, Art and the Practical Struggle
Unbroken - the Role of Artists in the Movement
from East Wind 1985

Full Circle: A Review of Asian Americans: The Movement and the Moment

First Issue of Getting Together: Newspaper of I Wor Kuen
We Won't Move! - Getting Together July, 1970
But We Will Move In - Getting Together September, 1970
2 articles on the struggle for CT housing in NYC against NY Tel. co.

Story of Clara
From Gidra: The story of a young woman's death from drug overdose.

Radical Resistance in Conservative Times
Thirty years after the emergence of the Asian American Movement, new Asian American formations continue to expand the struggle. However, like other US-based social movements, the Asian American Movement today is qualitatively different than in the 1960s and 70s.

This Is Where Mr. Lao Lives
From Yellow Seeds Philadelphia, 1972