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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Photo, San Francisco, California. Many children of Japanese ancestry attended Raphael Weill public School..., April 20, 1942, Department of the Interior, NARA

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebrates the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans. Remember stories of patriotism, persecution, resistance, and everyday life.

Screencap, 49th State Albums, 3 Dec 2012

Hawaii became a U.S. territory in 1898. Why did it take more than 60 years for it become a state?

Photo, Dressmaking class, 1943, Ansel Adams, Manzanar Relocation Center, Ca.

Ansel Adams's photographs preserve life at the Manzanar War Relocation Center during World War II.

Paint, Oct 16, 1942 (Minidoka), 2003, R. Shimomura, In the Shadow of My Country.

Explore this archive of over 110 video interviews on Japanese American incarceration during World War II.

At first glance, Executive Order 9066 might read like boring bureaucratese. But what did this dry government document mean for Japanese Americans during World War II? FIND OUT MORE »

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Zinn Education Project

Photograph, Emma Tenayuca 1937, Zinn Education Project.

Wanting to go deeper into the history of labor and marginalized groups in the U [...] »

Promise of Gold Mountain: Tucson's Chinese Heritage

Photograph, 1953 grand opening of Dave's One Stop..., 1953, Esther Don Tang.

A collection of primary sources detailing early Asian-Americans in Tucson, [...] »

Online Archive of California

Lithograph, Crate label..., El Modena, California, 1930, Orange Public Library.

Explore California from Japanese American internment or the Free Speech [...] »

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2011

Photo, Lieutenant Roberto Lim of the Philippine Islands, Mar. 1943, LoC

Scratch the surface of Asian Pacific American history this May, and keep [...] »

Civil Rights and Incarceration

Photo, A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry. . . , 1942, NARA

What were the consequences of and motivations for Japanese American removal [...] »

Japanese American Internment: Ansel Adams Photos

Photo, Baseball game, Manzanar Relocation Center, Calif., 1945, Ansel Adams, LoC

If the U.S. interned you and your family, how would you respond? [...] »

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Reading Photographs: A Dusty Street

When and where was this photo taken? See what clues you can spot! [...] »

Column A and Column B

Chinese newspaper, dishware, basket and other unidentified items: From Alice Io

In the 19th century, no one expected Chinese food to take off in the United [...] »

The Royal We: Princesses of the Past

Print, "H.R.H. Princess Margaret," New York Public Library Digital Gallery

Daughters of rulers and subjects of history...are these statements on women of [...] »

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