Asian American Political Alliance

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The Asian American Political Alliance was a pioneering late-1960s student-led organization that helped coin the term “Asian American” and united diverse Asian ethnic groups in a shared political movement for racial justice and civil rights.

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Asian American Political Alliance canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Asian American organization ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
student organization ⓘ
activePeriod early 1970s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ
alliedWith Black Panther Party ⓘ
Chicano student organizations ⓘ
Third World Liberation Front ⓘ
campusBase University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
coinedTerm Asian American ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved early 1970s ⓘ
ethnicFocus Asian Americans ⓘ
linked to: Asian American
fieldOfWork community organizing ⓘ
ethnic studies advocacy ⓘ
student activism ⓘ
foundedAt University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
foundedBy Emma Gee ⓘ
Yuji Ichioka NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBranch San Francisco State College ⓘ
University of California, Davis ⓘ
other California campuses ⓘ
ideology Third World liberation ⓘ
anti-imperialism ⓘ
anti-racism ⓘ
civil rights activism ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
inception 1968 ⓘ
includesEthnicGroup Chinese Americans ⓘ
Filipino Americans ⓘ
Japanese Americans ⓘ
Korean Americans ⓘ
linked to: Koreans

other Asian American groups ⓘ
influenced development of Asian American studies programs ⓘ
later Asian American student organizations ⓘ
location Berkeley, California ⓘ
linked to: Berkeley
movement Asian American Movement ⓘ
notableFor helping popularize the term "Asian American" ⓘ
uniting diverse Asian ethnic groups in a shared political movement ⓘ
notableMember Clara Sue Kidwell ⓘ
Emma Gee ⓘ
Harvey Dong ⓘ
Richard Aoki ⓘ
Yuji Ichioka NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose to build pan-Asian American identity ⓘ
to fight racism ⓘ
to promote political unity among Asian Americans ⓘ
to support civil rights and social justice ⓘ
region California ⓘ
supportedMovement Third World Liberation Front strike at San Francisco State College ⓘ
Third World Liberation Front strike at UC Berkeley ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Asian American movement → hasKeyOrganization → Asian American Political Alliance ⓘ
Harvey Dong → memberOf → Asian American Political Alliance ⓘ
Third World Left in the United States → includesOrganizations → Asian American Political Alliance ⓘ
Richard Aoki → memberOf → Asian American Political Alliance ⓘ