Asian Americans: Now and Then: Becoming American
Exploring the fastest emerging but the least discussed ethnic groups in the U.S.
Linking Past to Present
A look at the long history of Asian Americans and its role in shaping US identity.
America's Concentration Camps: the Japanese American Experience
History of Japanese Americans 1841 - 2010
Chinese Experience: Timeline (1830 - 2000)
- The world of our grandmothersWriter Connie Young Yu interweaves personal and historical details of her Chinese family
- United States v. Wong Kim-arkThe US Supreme Court decided in 1898 that "the American citizenship which Wong Kim Ark acquired by birth within the United States has not been lost or taken away by anything happening since his birth."
A Bill Moyer's three part series exploring the survival and triumph of Chinese Americans throughout the history of hostility, exclusion and inequality.
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The Chinese Exclusion Act
- The Chinese Exclusion ActExamine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens. This website will link you to video clips, image gallery and narratives.
A Turning Point in History
Asian Indian Americans
Dr Kalpana Chawla, an Indian American astronaut and a space shuttle mission specialist with NASA. She was one of the seven crew members who died aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
Fillipino Americans : history, demographic and issues
- Smithsonian's Filipino American Centennial Commemoration Timeline 1565-2005Historic overview of the Filipino Americans in the US 1565-2005: struggles, contributions, challenges and achievements.
- Filipino American History & TimelineAsian American Studies website from UC Davis
- Filipinos in Alaska TimelineFilipino American History in Alaska