Class 14

Ethnic Studies and Civil Rights

COLLAPSE

Asian Americans and Civil Rights Era: Watch film: On Strike: Ethnic Studies 1969-1999

Why is ethnic studies a civil rights issue for students? What can be gained from understanding history from the perspective of different ethnic groups?

Use a quote from the documentary.

Class 14_Asian Americans and Civil Rights.pdf 

United States V. Wong Kim Ark (1898): Supreme court case granting birthright citizenship. For further info: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/169/649

Screencast: http://sohstream.csudh.edu/relay/mlacanlale/summer_2017/APP_311_Ethnic_Studies_and_Civil_Rights_-_20170623_133742_6.html

Watch video: (2 mins) WATCH: Yuri Kochiyama