Asian American movement

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civil rights movement grassroots movement political movement social movement

The Asian American movement was a grassroots social and political movement that emerged in the late 1960s and 1970s, uniting diverse Asian ethnic groups in the United States to fight racism, demand civil rights, and build a shared Asian American identity.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights movement → grassroots movement → political movement → social movement →
country	United States →
hasGoal	achieve political representation → build Asian American identity → community empowerment → demand civil rights → end racial discrimination → fight racism → oppose imperialism → promote ethnic studies →
hasKeyConcept	Third World solidarity → anti-imperialism → community control → pan-Asian identity → self-determination →
hasKeyEvent	International Hotel eviction struggle in San Francisco → San Francisco State College strike of 1968–1969 → Third World Liberation Front strikes → UC Berkeley Third World Liberation Front strike of 1969 →
hasKeyOrganization	Asian American Political Alliance → Asian American student organizations → Asian Americans for Action → I Wor Kuen → Japanese American Citizens League youth activists → Red Guard Party →
hasMainRegion	United States →
hasParticipant	Chinese Americans → Filipino Americans → Japanese Americans → Korean Americans → Pacific Islander Americans → South Asian Americans → Vietnamese Americans →
hasPeakPeriod	1970s →
hasSlogan	Yellow Power →
hasStartPeriod	late 1960s →
influenced	Asian American identity politics → Asian American studies → ethnic studies programs in U.S. universities → multiculturalism in the United States →
influencedBy	Black Power movement → Chicano movement → Third World liberation movements → antiwar movement →
languageUsed	English →
opposes	U.S. militarism in Asia → racism → stereotyping of Asians →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Asian American →	associatedWith
Chinese American cinema ("Asian American civil rights movement") →	historicalContext
Asian American literature →	relatedMovement
Chinese American cinema ("Asian American activism") →	theme