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Meet four cultural organizations and collectives preserving their unique South Asian American histories while contributing to a new American nation.
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Asian Americans have been part of building this nation for a while now. Here is a collection of snapshots of everyday life for Asian Americans across the decades, from the 1800s to the new millennium.
Storefront of Chinatown meat and vegetable market, San Francisco, California, 1895
This May, PBS presents “Asian Americans,” an ambitious five-part series that covers 150 years of Asian American history. Here are some of the few compelling things I’ve picked up on while watching.
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PBS SoCal and KCET are celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month throughout the month of May. Discover the Asian and Pacific Islander narrative…
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These are just a few of the California-based Asian American activists that are part of the beautiful tapestry woven by thousands of individuals across the country enacting change in remarkable ways.
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Learn more about how Asian Americans helped shaped the nation in this series of virtual events. Register now.
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Being Asian American can mean a multitude of things, and it encompasses a myriad of little-known stories and unique experiences of people straddling two cultures. Read a few stories and submit your own!
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California is the site of the first Asian American studies curricula yet historically, it’s also been home to a number of major anti-Asian legislations and events.
The Astonishing Story of the Men Who Built the Railroad
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Chinese immigrants who built the railroad were erased from history, but not forgotten.
A Louisiana Family Discovers Their South Asian Roots
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In segregated America, Indian immigrants found home and family in communities of color.
Asians Were America’s First “Undocumented Immigrants”
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The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act made Asians the nation’s first “undocumented immigrants.”
Satsuki Ina Was Born American but Looked Like the Enemy
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For Satsuki Ina, the question of loyalty began when she was born behind barbed wire.
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