especially given the increase in hate crimes and incidents resulting from xenophobic and racist rhetoric that falsely blamed the Asian American community for the coronavirus. Catherine Ceniza Choy’sAsian American Histories of the United Statesoffers a significant counter-narrative that celebrates and highl...
We can learn lessons from histories of Black and Asian American solidarity. ~~~ After moving to Harlem in 1960, human rights activist Yuri Kochiyama met Malcolm X, and their friendship transformed both of them. She was moved by his calls for Black liberation and began working with Black natio...
To be Asian-American means a personal identity spread across a coalition of different countries. Under this umbrella is a wide range of Pacific Ocean cultures and histories, countries whose people have also found a new life in the United States. The movies in our guide reflect their experiences...
The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco has a mission of bringing Asian art and culture to everyone © Alamy Asian and Pacific Islander people have played a profoundly significant role in shaping American history, contributing to the rich heritage of the United States in countless ways. Given the...
Chicago IL:The National Indo- American Museum (NIAM) launched its latest Oral History initiative called Broadening Narratives on July 19, 2024. The event, held at NIAM’s Umang and Paragi Patel Center at 815 S. Main St. in Lombard, was attended by the Consul General, Mr. Somnath Ghosh,...
The city will have a pilot curriculum for all grade levels at first and introduce it to the whole school system by the fall of 2024. "It's my pleasure to announce our new Hidden Voices: Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States - a curriculum that honors all that our AA...
Immigration, Precarity, and Human Trafficking: Histories and Legacies of Asian American Racial Exclusion in the United StatesThis chapter traces the history of United States immigration policies regarding peoples from Asia and the Pacific to consider race-based policy connections and contributions to ...
The new nations The progress of nationalism in Asia and Africa is reflected in the histories of theLeague of Nationsafter World War I and of theUnited Nationsafter World War II. TheTreaty of Versailles, which provided for the constitution of the League of Nations, also reduced the empires of...
full citizenship – in New York and New Jersey; New Orleans and Charleston; in Detroit, Baltimore, and beyond. It is an extension of the filmIn Search of Bengali Harlem,by Vivek Bald & Alaudin Ullah, and the book,Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America, by Vivek ...
the other an opportunity by design, both require a level of privilege for participation. As a Korean American, fulfilling duty and taking advantage of opportunities is baked into my cultural story. I am here because my parents saw opportunity. My existence as an adult child of Korean immigrants...