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Asians Were America’s First “Undocumented Immigrants”

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A Louisiana Family Discovers Their South Asian Roots

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The Astonishing Story of the Men Who Built the Railroad

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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

Breaking Ground

In an era of exclusion and U.S. empire, new immigrants arrive from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond. Barred by anti-Asian laws they become America’s first “undocumented immigrants,” yet they build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen, and take their fight for equality to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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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

Good Americans

Asian Americans fight for equality and expand the definition of Asian American.

Asian Americans

A Question of Loyalty

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