NY Immigrants reflect on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
Edition 85: 9 October 2003
Chinese participate in record numbers
Guiyu Feng, 76, and Yuexin Huang, 80, were dancing on the grass in the Flushing Meadow Park. Their audience were immigrants of different races. At the other end of the grass Oliver and Oscar Ni, three-year-old twins, were sitting in a stroller with a slogan board larger than their bodies. It said: “Justice for all.” more>
Whose Freedom, Whose Ride?
The Freedom Ride and its leadership brought in some speakers who have minimal familiarity with immigrant workers' daily struggles. This included conservative church leaders, the wealthy ethnic newspaper owners, even a few political leaders of dubious reputation. more>
