Judges’ citation: Lauren Hilgers’s PATRIOT NUMBER ONE chronicles the epic journey of Zhuang Liehong from small-time democracy activist in a Chinese fishing village to immigrant refugee in Flushing, Queens, where oppression takes the shape of New York real estate prices, low wages,..…

In the 1970s, LRS’s predecessor organization I Wor Kuen established the Chinese Progressive Association, with branches in San Francisco, Boston, and New York. These organizations used ethnic pride, racial grievance, and Chinese nationalism to draw thousands of young..…

., bus in 1955, African-American woman refused to give up her seat on New York City.. ... African Americans fled uptown to Harlem, Brooklyn and New Jersey, resulting in 20 percent decline in their Manhattan. ..…

Ferrá was the first artistic director of the Intar Hispanic American Arts Center, an Off Broadway theater company that nurtures Latino playwrights. . Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:03PM . Friday, December 30, 2016 . ..…