civil rights – Asian American / Asian Research Institute

View from Gold Mountain: Commemorating Asian American Civil Rights Through Monuments

March 3, 2023February 1, 2023 By Cheryll Leo-Gwin and Stewart Wong

Located outside of the Bernalillo County Courthouse in Albuquerque, New Mexico stands View from Gold Mountain, a monument commemorating Territory of N.M. vs. Yee Hun, the 1883 lawsuit that brought about a change in the law allowing Chinese people, and then later non-Christians, to testify in court. Artists Cheryll Leo-Gwin and Stewart Wong will discuss the making of this monument and its significance as a landmark court case enshrining civil rights for Asian Americans.

Why Ethnic Studies is Pivotal Today

March 17, 2021July 6, 2020 By Vivian Louie

“Where do we belong in this unfolding story of America?” WITH THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC and the Black Lives Matter protests, I am powerfully reminded that Ethnic Studies remains more important than ever1 and that much more work still needs to be done. COVID-19 and the Civil Rights protests have underscored longstanding inequalities in the United … Read more

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