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Asian-American & Pacific Islander History in the US

Dig into the rich history of Asian-American and Pacific Islanders in the US and the various identities, struggles and celebrations.

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  • Rise

    a Pop History of Asian America From the Nineties to Now

    Yang, Jeff,
    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…
    Book, 2022Boston : Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — 306.095 YANG
  • Minor Feelings

    An Asian American Reckoning

    Hong, Cathy Park,
    "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…
    eBook, 2020New York : One World, 2020.
  • 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…
    Graphic Novel, 2019Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, [2019] — 940.53177 TAKEI
  • Awesome Asian Americans

    20 Stars Who Made America Amazing

    Amara, Philip,
    This is an illustrated children's anthology of noteworthy Asian Americans: 20 groundbreaking men and women from diverse backgrounds and vocations
    Book, 2020San Francisco, CA : Immedium, Inc., [2020] — J920.00929 AMARA
  • Lost Kingdom

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

    Siler, Julia Flynn, 1960-
    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…
    Book, 2012New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2012. — 996.902 SILER
  • Ghosts of Gold Mountain

    the Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

    Chang, Gordon H,
    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…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2019Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]
  • Farewell to Manzanar

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

    Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki
    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.…
    Book, 2012New York : Ember, 2012. — 940.5472 HOUSTON
  • 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…
    Streaming Video, 1990Stourwater Pictures, 1990.
  • Using games and crafts, this book teaches kids about the people, experiences and events that shaped Asian American history.
    Book, 2007Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2007. — J973.0495 PETRILLO
  • 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…
    Streaming Video, 2009Ben Wang, 2009.
  • Asian American Art

    A History 1850-1970

    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,…
    Book, 2008Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2008. — 704.0395 ASIAN
  • Imprisoned

    the Betrayal of Japanese Americans During World War II

    Sandler, Martin W.
    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.
    Book, 2013New York : Walker Books For Young Readers, c2013. — YA 940.53177 SANDLER
  • Delano Manongs

    Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers

    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.
    Streaming Video, 2016[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
  • From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry

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

    Yoo, Paula,
    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…
    eBook, 2021New York, NY : Norton Young Readers, [2021]
  • 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…
    Book, 2020Berkeley, California : Heyday, [2020] — 979.461 EVANS
  • Angel Island

    Immigrant Gateway to America

    Lee, Erika
    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…
    Book, 2010Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. — 304.87309 LEE
  • 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,…
    Streaming Video, 2018PBS, 2018.