than the AAPA. Yuri Kochiyama was also one of the organization's members. Global decolonization and Black Power helped create the political conditions needed to link pan-Asianism to Third World internationalism. Segments of the movement struggled for community control of education, provided social services and defended affordable housing in Asian ghettos, organized exploited workers, protested against U.S. imperialism, and built new multiethnic cultural institutions. Key Asian American figures Key organizations References Asian-American society Asian-American movement activists Political movements in the United States