Vicci Wong

Victoria Wong
Born1951 (age 74–75)
Other namesVicci Wong
Known forAAPA activist, coining the tern Asian American
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley

Vicci Wong, born Victoria Wong is a Chinese American activist and one of the six founding members of the Asian American Political Alliance (AAPA), which played a key role in launching the Asian American movement (AAM) in the late 1960s and coining the term Asian-American. Wong is widely recognized for her early activism in labor organizing, racial justice, and pan-Asian political organizing.

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