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Honn, Fred Wei-han
Houn, Fred Wei-han
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Fred Wei-han Houn (later Fred Ho) was born in Palo Alto, California, in 1957. During his childhood, he was discriminated against at school because of his Chinese background. In his adolescence, he broke away from assimilation and explored issues of racial power and discrimination.
He completed an undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1979 and invested his time in political and social activism, founding the East Coast Asian Student Union and the Asian American Resource Workshop in the late 1970s.
In 1981, he moved to New York to focus on his music career. He led the Asian American Arts Ensemble and formed the Afro-Asian Music Ensemble in New York. Fred was an active member of the Asian American community and often lectured at various institutions on Asian American affairs.
Fred died on April 12, 2014, in New York.
For a full biography, see the Fred Ho Papers, University of Connecticut Archives and Special Collections.
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Created by Alston So, March 2026.
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Fred Ho Papers. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries. https://archivessearch.lib.uconn.edu/repositories/2/resources/435