“The Birth of Asian American Identity: Exploring the TWLF Strikes and Student Activism in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s”

Asian American identity was born in the late 1960s and early 1970s in relation to the Ethnic Studies Movement and the Third World Liberation Front (TWLF) strikes in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Review the demands of the TWLF and the experiences of student activists during the strikes. Why did Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinx American university students go on strike at SF State, UC Berkeley, and Sacramento State? What were their demands, and how did their movement help develop Asian American identity and community activism?