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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Asian American movement canonical	5
Asian American Movement	4
Asian American activism	1
Asian American civil rights movement	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights movement ⓘ grassroots movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasParticipant	Chinese Americans ⓘ Filipino ⓘ surface form: Filipino Americans Japanese Americans ⓘ Koreans ⓘ surface form: Korean Americans Pacific Islanders ⓘ surface form: Pacific Islander Americans South Asian American ⓘ surface form: 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 (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asian American → associatedWith → Asian American movement ⓘ

Asian American literature → relatedMovement → Asian American movement ⓘ

Chinese American cinema → theme → Asian American movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asian American activism

Chinese American cinema → historicalContext → Asian American movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asian American civil rights movement

Yellow Power → associatedWithSocialMovement → Asian American movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asian American Movement

San Francisco State College strike of 1968–1969 → movement → Asian American movement ⓘ

UC Berkeley Third World Liberation Front strike of 1969 → significantEventFor → Asian American movement ⓘ

UC Berkeley Third World Liberation Front strike of 1969 → movement → Asian American movement ⓘ

Asian American Political Alliance → movement → Asian American movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asian American Movement

I Wor Kuen → movement → Asian American movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asian American Movement

Red Guard Party → movement → Asian American movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Asian American Movement