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These AAPI leaders transformed the US for generations to come


Updated: 7:40 AM EDT May 17, 2021
Holly Yan, CNN
Video above: The Fred Korematsu Story: The man who defied internment camps for Japanese AmericansImagine getting through this pandemic without Zoom. Or not having any days off work, toiling seven days a week with no overtime pay.Asian Americans have improved the lives of fellow Americans in countless ways. But some of the biggest contributions don t end up in history books.Here s how five Asian Americans of different ethnicities helped shape America:Larry Itliong bolstered farm workers rights and working conditionsAfter losing three fingers working at an Alaska cannery, Larry Itliong spent decades fighting for better pay and treatment for agricultural workers.His work as a pioneering union leader helped generations of farm workers to come. Yet many Americans don t know his name. Itliong became the great Filipino American historical omission, reads a blog post for the Asian American Legal Defense Education ....

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