Asian American Activism in the 1960s
Karen Ishizuka, author of Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties, discuss the development of a common identify among Asian Americans in the 1960s.
Description
Karen Ishizuka, author of Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties, discuss the development of a common identify among Asian Americans in the 1960s.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- According to Karen Ishizuka, how were Asian Americans viewed in the United States prior to 1970?
- What events and factors contributed to Asian American activism in the 1960s?
- How did the idea of being Asian American change in the 1960s?
Additional Resource
Participants
Vocabulary
- Asian American Pacific Islander
- Assimilation
- Chinese American
- Ethnic Group
- Filipino American
- Political Identity
- Vietnam War