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• Rise

  a Pop History of Asian America From the Nineties to Now

  Yang, Jeff,

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  RISE' is a love letter to and for Asian Americans--a vivid scrapbook of voices, emotions, and memories from an era in which [their] culture was forged and transformed, and a way to preserve both the headlines and the intimate conversations that have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Minor Feelings

  An Asian American Reckoning

  Hong, Cathy Park,

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  "Minor feelings": "when American optimism contradicts your own reality--when you believe the lies you're told about your own racial identity." Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They Called Us Enemy

  Takei, George, 1937-

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  Long before he was a star on Star Trek, George Takei was a child stripped away from his home and forcibly removed to a Japanese internment camp with his family. In his memoir, told in graphic novel form, Takei recounts the time his family spent at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Awesome Asian Americans

  20 Stars Who Made America Amazing

  Amara, Philip,

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  This is an illustrated children's anthology of noteworthy Asian Americans: 20 groundbreaking men and women from diverse backgrounds and vocations

• Lost Kingdom

  Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure

  Siler, Julia Flynn, 1960-

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  While there are many stories celebrating Hawaii becoming a state in 1959, not many histories told on the Mainland (continental 48) mention the complicated history surrounding the US annexation of the Hawaii Kingdom in 1898. In this book, Siler…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ghosts of Gold Mountain

  the Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

  Chang, Gordon H,

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  The truly epic story of how thousands of laborers from China made their way by boat to America to help build the first transcontinental railroad - yet received virtually no credit for their contributions. This well researched book recovers that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Farewell to Manzanar

  a True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment

  Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki

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  As a child, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston remembers living a happy life with her family in Southern California. That is until the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor changed everything and her family was forcibly removed to an internment camp in the desert.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Home From the Eastern Sea - The Story of Asian Immigration to America

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  This is the story of the immigration of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipinos to America. The documentary explores the history of each nationality through the personal stories of representative families. Home from the Eastern Sea was awarded the American…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Kid's Guide to Asian American History

  More Than 70 Activities

  Petrillo, Valerie

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  Using games and crafts, this book teaches kids about the people, experiences and events that shaped Asian American history.

• Aoki

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  AOKI chronicles the life of Richard Aoki (1938-2009), a third-generation Japanese American who became one of the founding members of the Black Panther Party. Filmed over the last five years of Richard's life, this documentary features extensive…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Asian American Art

  A History 1850-1970

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  Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970 is the first comprehensive study of the lives and artistic production of artists of Asian ancestry active in the United States before 1970. The publication features original essays by ten leading scholars,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Imprisoned

  the Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II

  Sandler, Martin W.

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  With text geared towards a young adult audience, Sandler's work draws from interviews and oral histories, and chronicles the history of Japanese American survivors of internment camps.

• Delano Manongs

  Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers

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  The Delano Manongs tells the lesser known story of Filipino farm worker involvement and leadership in the Delano Grape Strike of 1965 and subsequent collaboration between Filipinos, Chicanos, and other ethnic farm workers.

• From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry

  the Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement

  Yoo, Paula,

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  Author Paula Yoo takes an in-depth look at the economic, political, and racial circumstances surrounding the murder of Vincent Chin in Detroit in 1982 and how the trial and verdict after ignited a newfound wave of Asian American activism and voice…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• San Francisco's Chinatown

  Evans, Dick, 1947-

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  Read about this tight-knit community and a thriving neighborhood, which welcomes immigrants with supportive institutions and entices tourists to experience a wide array of Chinese traditions. Evans' photos highlight a place undergoing visible…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Angel Island

  Immigrant Gateway to America

  Lee, Erika

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  Based on extensive new research and oral histories, Angel Island examines the great diversity of immigration through Angel Island: Chinese paper sons, Japanese picture brides, Korean refugee students, South Asian political activists, Russian and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Experience: The Chinese Exclusion Act

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  Examine 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 to become U.S. citizens. The first in a long line of acts targeting the Chinese for exclusion,…Read moreRead more of this annotation