ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the social and cultural conditions that contributed to the minority activism of the post-World War II era. It identifies the key social movement organizations associated with the civil rights movement, the Red Power movement, Chicano activism, and Asian American activism. The chapter explores the intersection of identities and activism. The Asian American Political Alliance developed close ties with the Black Panther Party and modeled some of its tactics and strategies. Asian American activism demanded an end to the Vietnam War, more faculty and students of color in the University of California system, and an end to police brutality. They also worked with Asian Legal Services to help those that resisted the Vietnam War draft. The post-World War II era witnessed an explosion of resistance in the form of activism on the part of African Americans, Native Americans, Chicanos, and Asian Americans as the civil rights movement helped inspire other racial minority groups to demand full equality.
