▁restricted ▁to ▁one ▁election ▁period ▁and ▁are ▁carried ▁out ▁in ▁more ▁than ▁five ▁states . ▁To ▁promote ▁community - building ▁and ▁mut ual ▁understanding ▁among ▁Asian ▁Americans ▁with ▁different ▁national ities ▁and ▁all ▁people ▁of ▁color ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Early ▁movements ▁The ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁is ▁often ▁noted ▁as ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁ ▁social ▁transformation ▁of ▁U . S . ▁society , ▁head ed ▁by ▁the ▁Civil ▁Rights ▁strugg les ▁and ▁the ▁anti - war ▁movement , ▁and ▁fue led ▁by ▁the ▁aw ak ening ▁to ▁the ▁in just ice ▁and ▁inequality ▁root ed ▁deep ▁in ▁the ▁contra ctions ▁of ▁U . S . ▁society . ▁Asian ▁Americans ▁began ▁to ▁crit ically ▁re ex am ine ▁their ▁own ▁experiences . ▁Some ▁Asian ▁Americans ▁students , ▁dis ill usion ed ▁and ▁out rag ed ▁at ▁the ▁U . S . ▁war ▁of ▁ag gression ▁in ▁Vietnam , ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁organ ize ▁anti - war ▁protest s . ▁ ▁In sp ired ▁by ▁the ▁civil ▁rights ▁strugg les , ▁Asian ▁American ▁students ▁strugg led ▁alongside ▁other ▁Third ▁World ▁students ▁at ▁San ▁Francisco ▁State ▁and ▁across ▁the ▁country ▁to ▁demand ▁that ▁the ▁university ▁serve ▁the ▁people ▁and ▁open ▁its ▁doors ▁to ▁students ▁of ▁color . ▁After ▁exhaust ing ▁all ▁channels ▁of ▁communic ations , ▁Third ▁World ▁students ▁res orted ▁to ▁r al lies , ▁sit - ins , ▁and ▁take o vers ▁that ▁forced ▁the ▁University ▁to ▁open ▁its ▁doors . ▁Thus , ▁Asian ▁Americans ▁won ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁a