Asian Americans: Now and Then: Asian Ancestors in the Americas
Historic Images
Chinese laborers' contribution to the building of Transcontinental Railroad (photo dated 1868). Photos from the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum.
Massacres - Rock Springs, Wyoming ; Hell Canyon, Oregon...
Angel Island Experience
Exploring the Japanese-American Internment--
- Teaching Japanese-American Internment Using Primary ResourcesNew York Times (Dec 7, 2017)
- Japanese American InternmentLibrary of Congress website
- Japanese-American internmentWikipedia website
"Ancestors in the Americas" : Timeline and Stories --PBS series companion website
Producer Loni Ding makes connections between the parallel experiences of various groups of Asian Americans, and also between the experiences of Chinese and Indian indentured workers and those of African slaves.
- Ancestors in the Americas (1600-1992) : a history of atrocity and injustice, a PBS program and companion websiteExploring "who", "why", "where from" and "what happened " to the Asian ancestors in America--the atrocity, hostility, and legal injustice they endured.
- Discover Ancestors, History Timeline and Interviews, Texts of DocumentsAdapted from Sucheng Chan's book Asian Americans: An Interpretive History ©1991. The Timeline is a chronological narrative on Asians who landed in the U.S between 1600-1992. Links to the texts of selected historical documents : the 1875 Page Law, the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Law, Executive Order 9066 signed by President Franklin D Roosevelt .
Asian Americans in the US: an overview of a difficult history
Gary auto worker Jim Coleman (left) and Griffith businessman Charlie Cobb (right) strike a blow for American industry in a charity campaign sponsored by northern Indiana steelworkers Friday, Sept. 10, 1982. Union leaders in the economically hard hit steelmaking region allowed people to swing a sledgehammer at a Japanese-made auto for $1 a shot. The money went to help the families of laid-off workers. (Associated Press)
- An Overview of a Difficult History 1880-2010, including a timeline of the 30 year pursuit of justice for Vincent ChinAsian American Journalists Association website.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian on Asian Pacific American History and Culture
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Online Exhibition |
 A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
The experiences of Japanese Americans during WWII; decision-making and citizen action under the U.S. Constitution. |
 On Gold Mountain: A Chinese American Experience
Relating history from a personal dimension, this exhibition tells the story of 6 generations of a Chinese American family in Los Angeles from 1867 to the present. |
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Online Feature |
 Ancestor Worship Today
Chinese-American teenagers look within their communities for examples of ancestor worship. |
Americans of Japanese Ancestry : A Chronicle of 130 years of Japanese American History
Beginning with the early days of the Issei pioneers through the World War II incarceration to the present-- Japanese American National Museum Exhibition on "Common Ground".
Filipinos harvesting pineapple in Hawaii
Filipino immigrants
Filipinos cutting lettuce, Salinas, Ca (Photo by Dororhea Lange)
Asian American Pioneers
Asian Americans who have paved the way for other Asian Americans.
- Asian-American Canon Breakers 2013Proudly embracing their role as outsiders, a group of writer-activists set out to create a cultural identity—and a literature—of their own. - New York Article (December 30, 2019)
- A glance at some Asian-American pioneersCNN Int. Article (2007)
Genealogy Research
Ellis Island Foundation website for passenger search, family history and genealogy research, research tips, charts, forms and more...
- Chinese Immigration and Chinese ancestry in the USNational Archive website on researching Chinese ancestry in the US.
- Refugee-timelineImmigration and Naturalization Service Refugee Law and Policy Timeline, 1891-2003