Birthplace of the Asian American Movement

BIRTHPLACE OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT 

By the late 1960s, a new generation of political activists emerged in Berkeley from protests opposing the  Vietnam War and supporting the Farmworkers, Free Speech, and Civil Rights movements. In May 1968, in an  apartment on this site. Yuji lchioka and others founded the Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA). AAPA  sparked the nationwide Asian American Movement: uniting Americans previously divided by ethnicity-  Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and others-and stereotyped as "Orientals" or "silent minorities."
  AAPA joined African American, Latino, and Native American groups in the Third World Liberation Front  which led the 1969 Third World Strike at UC Berkeley. The strikes here and elsewhere spurred the creation  of ethnic studies and social justice programs and encouraged community self-determination 
This plaque was placed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of AAPA and the Asian American Movement 
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