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The history of identity, contributions, and challenges experienced by Asian Americans.
Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate personal stories, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played.
Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate personal stories, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played.
Part 1: Breaking Ground & A Question of Loyalty
New immigrants arrive and adapt to life in America.
Part 1: Breaking Ground & A Question of Loyalty
Part 2: Good Americans & Generation Rising
Asian Americans fight for equality and expand the definition of Asian American.
Part 2: Good Americans & Generation Rising
At the turn of the new millennium, the U.S becomes more diverse, yet more divided.
Part 3: Breaking Through
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Photo Gallery
Bhagat Singh Thind as a young man, Camp Lewis 1918 (WWI). Thind, a Sikh American, was the first U.S. serviceman allowed for religious reasons to wear a turban as part of military uniform.
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Courtesy of the Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind Spiritual Science Foundation
Anna May Wong in top hat, considered to be the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star.
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Photograph by Carl Van Vechten and used with permission of the Van Vechten Trust
Black and White photo of Antero Cabrera (Ba-Long-Long) and weapon as Igorot villager in the "Living Exhibits" at 1904 St Louis World's Fair.
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Public Domain
Storefront of Chinatown meat and vegetable market, San Francisco, California, 1895
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University of Washington, Special Collections, Hester 11128
Connie Young Yu, historian and author, at Golden Spike National Historical Park (Utah) for the Sesquicentennial (150th) Celebration
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Pins from Lorraine Agtang's private collection re: Delano Strike and more.
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Production crew at Crystal City TX Detention Center Rally
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George Uno at home in Japan, looking through archives (Buddy Uno story)
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Laureen Chew, SFSU 1968 Strike Organizer
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Participants in the ROOTS (Restoring Our Original True Selves) program at San Quentin State Prison
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Participants in the ROOTS (Restoring Our Original True Selves) program at San Quentin State Prison
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Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
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About the Show
Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that will chronicle the contributions, and challenges of Asian Americans, the fastest-growing ethnic group in America. Personal histories and new academic research will cast a fresh lens on U.S. history and the role Asian Americans have played in it.
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