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Q1: When was the first example of Asians being treated poorly?
Q2: Who was the one person to have a formal leadership postion in the Black Panthers?

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On May 6, 1882, The Chinese Exclusion Act was made forprohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers.  The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first law implemented to prevent all members of a specific ethnic or national group from immigrating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act

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He organized West Coast agricultural workers starting in the 1930s, and rose to national prominence in 1965, when he, Philip Vera Cruz, Benjamin Gines and Pete Velasco, walked off the farms of area table-grape growers, demanding wages equal to the federal minimum wage, that became known as the Delano grape strike. Also known as "Seven Fingers"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Itliong

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Yuri was a Japanese American human rights activist. She worked with Malcom X and Black Power organizations, as well as being the leader of the Asian American and redress movements in New York City.

Rafu.com - Yuri speaking on human rights

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Alfred A. Robles was a Filipino American poet and community activist in San Francisco. A community character, he was instrumental in the political fight against the city to stop the demolition of the International Hotel on Kearny Street.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Robles

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Richard Masato Aoki was an American educator and college counselor, best known as a civil rights activist and early member of the Black Panther Party. Aoki was the only one to have a formal leadership position.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Aoki

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Frank Chin founded the Asian American Theatre Workshop, which became the Asian American Theater Company in 1973. He paved the way for many Asian actors and even indirectly helped Asian actors succeed today.

performerstuff.com - Frank Chin talking about Asian Americans in Theater

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After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt put Japanese citizens into internment camps through his Executive Order 9066. Between 110,000 and 120,000 Japanese people, mainly on the west coast, were forced to relocate to internment camps.

Eji.org - Internment Camp

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Korematsu v United States (1942 and reopened in 1983)

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Korematsu v United States (1942 and reopened in 1983)

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Fred Korematsu did not comply with the order to go into an internment camp and was found guilty on December 18, 1944. On November 10, 1983, a federal judge overturned Korematsu’s conviction once new evidence was formed by his legal team.

oddee.com - Picture of a younger Korematsu

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Many mixed-blood Amerasian children were left behind when their American fathers returned to the United States after their tour of duty in South Vietnam; 26,000 of them were permitted to immigrate to the United States in the 1980s and 1990s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War

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Dale Minami was born in Los Angeles and his parents had been put into the Rohwer concentration camp. He is a civil rights lawyer and was the lead attorney for Fred Korematsu's legal team.

encyclopedia.densho.org - Dale in an interview about Fred Korematsu

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Fred Ho was an American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, bandleader, playwright, and writer. He is often associated with Asian-American jazz or avant-garde jazz movements.

adcap.com - Fred Ho pictured with the instrument he is famous for, his saxophone

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Asian American Political Alliance (1968)

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Asian American Political Alliance (1968)

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Was a political organization started at University of California, Berkeley in 1968 that aimed to unite all Asian Americans under one identity to push for political and social action.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_American_Political_Alliance