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Satsuki Ina Was Born American but Looked Like the Enemy

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Learning Their Asian American Roots at San Quentin Prison

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Asian Americans

Good Americans

During the Cold War years, Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a Model Minority and targeted as the perpetual foreigner. It is also a time of bold ambition, as Asian Americans aspire for the first time to national political office and a coming culture-quake simmers beneath the surface.

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Asian Americans

Breaking Through

At the turn of the new millennium, the U.S becomes more diverse, yet more divided.

Asian Americans

Generation Rising

During a time of war, a young generation fights for equality and claim a new identity.

Asian Americans

A Question of Loyalty

An American-born generation straddles their country of birth and their parents’ homelands.

Asian Americans

Breaking Ground

In an era of exclusion and U.S. empire, new immigrants arrive and adapt to life in America