AABANY Commemorates Juneteenth

The Asian American Bar Association of New York (AABANY) commemorates Juneteenth, the unofficial holiday marking the declaration of legal freedom for African Americans from slavery. On June 19, 1865, news of the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been issued over two and a half years prior, finally reached African Americans in Texas, which was then the outermost reaches of the Confederacy. Since then, Juneteenth has been dedicated to honoring the bravery and history of African Americans, who continue to fight for social, political, and economic equality. As Asian Americans continue to struggle alongside African Americans to assert common voices for equality and civil rights, we build bridges that bring our two communities together in the shared fight towards greater equity. AABANY celebrates Juneteenth in the spirit of our theme this year: “Stronger Together: Unity in Diversity.”

Below is a list of resources for everyone to use to continue learning. Most of these resources are free or discounted, but if you are able to purchase them, please consider doing so as a way to show support for the work of these Black artists, filmmakers, and writers.

FILMS

13th: Netflix (subscription not needed)

I Am Not Your Negro: Amazon Prime (free)

Just Mercy: Amazon Prime (free), Youtube (free)

Selma: Amazon Prime (free), Youtube (free)

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution: Amazon Prime (included with subscription)

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am: Amazon Prime (available to rent for $0.99)

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975: Amazon Prime (free)

When They See Us: Netflix (included with subscription)

Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland: HBO (included with subscription)
The Hate U Give: Amazon Prime (free), Youtube (free)

ONLINE LIBRARIES

http://www.goldwomyn.com/bilphenasonlinelibrary

https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/1vJTfZMZvrh3sEpF6unAdi8ZUDYAkgzUt

BOOKS & ESSAYS

The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin

Giovanni’s Room, James Baldwin

Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred D. Taylor

The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

Stamped from the Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi

A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn

White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo

So You Want To Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo

The Burning House: Jim Crow and the Making of Modern America, Anders Walker

The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander

The Condemnation of Blackness, Khalil Gibran Muhammad

How To Be An Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi

A Different Mirror: History of Multicultural America, Ronald Takaki

Press Release: AABANY Launches Online Educational Resource for Reenactments of Historical Trials Involving Asian Americans

NEW YORK – January 6, 2016 – The Asian American Bar Association of New York (“AABANY”) is excited to announce that it has launched an online educational resource for its historical trial reenactments. Since 2007, under the leadership and directions of Hon. Denny Chin of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Kathy Hirata Chin, Partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, AABANY has produced and performed a series of trial reenactments based on notable trials and cases involving Asian Americans. Performed by a core team of AABANY members at the annual conventions of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (“NAPABA”), each dramatic program utilizes the format of a reenactment of an historic trial or appeal. We invite you to visit reenactments.aabany.org to relive and to learn about important aspects of American history that have too often been overlooked, ignored, or forgotten.  Read the full press release here.