This essay examines the resistance, the eviction, and the decades-long struggle for the I-Hotel’s reconstruction. The images used in this essay are drawn primarily from the San Francisco Journal (1976–1980), which operated with an all-volunteer staff and focused on Asian American community issues, highlighting the community's struggles and progress that were often overlooked by mainstream media. Russ Lowe, co-founder of the Journal, and his San Francisco Journal staff took all the images included here. In 2017, Lowe co-founded the Education for Social Justice Foundation based in San Francisco.

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