Third World Liberation Front: The Student Movement That Birthed Ethnic Studies
May 19, 2022
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This story is part of the May 19th Project, which promotes solidarity within Asian and Pacific Island communities and with all communities.
In 1969, students at San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley, and other schools formed the Third World Liberation Front to advocate for the teaching of their stories. Actress Ally Maki tells the story of how this broad coalition staged the longest student strike in US history and launched the ethnic studies movement.
Education is Solidarity: The Third World Liberation Front
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![[Left] "Santa Barbara Brown Berets aka Moratorium in Maravilla" 1970. | Photo: Oscar Castillo || [Right] "Not One More (Girl with Beret)" 2016. | Photo: Rafael Cardenas](https://kcet.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b796bca/2147483647/strip/true/crop/723x723+283+0/resize/100x100!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkcet-brightspot.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkl%2Ffiles%2Fthumbnails%2Fimage%2Ffeatured_oscar_castillo_and_rafael_cardenas_photos_brown_be.jpg)
