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LA Times Today: How one woman fought bigotry and helped Asian Americans

LA Times Today: How one woman fought bigotry and helped Asian Americans

Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

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Helen Zia is an activist that has been at the forefront of Asian-American political organizing for decades.

Fifty years ago, a group of civil rights advocates had a novel idea.

What if distinct communities of Americans from Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and other Asian backgrounds could unite and organize as a political force?

Helen Zia joined Lisa McRee to discuss her lifelong advocacy for civil rights and the evolution of Asian-American and Pacific Islander activism.

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