Showing posts with label Asian American History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asian American History. Show all posts
Friday, May 6, 2022

Connecticut passes bill to include AAPI history for K-12 grades

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Ronni Newton A rally in West Hartford, Connecticut protesting anti-Asian incidents. Connecticut is about to become the third state to requir...
Tuesday, December 28, 2021

NJ schools on the cusp of establishing Asian American and Pacific Islander curriculum

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New Jersey is the latest state to consider including Asian American and Pacific Islander history lessons in the classroom. With strong lobb...
Saturday, July 10, 2021

Illinois schools mandated to include Asian American history in its public schools

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GOVERNOR'S OFFICE Illinois JB Pritzker signed the bill mandating teaching Asian American history. He is flanked by the bill's co-spo...
Saturday, September 12, 2020

Sunday Read: Dorothea Lange's historic online photographs features immigrant workers

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Dorothy Lange chronicling the history of California through her lens. So you're stuck at home going stir-crazy ... take a trip to the pa...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

PBS plans documentary series on Asian Americans for 2020

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A mural, created by seven Filipino artists and donated to the Philippine-Louisiana Historical Society, depicts the lives of Louisiana'...
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Heart Mountain Internment camp to function as a classroom

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In many ways, Heart Mountain functioned as a small town. Childred recited the Pledge of Allegiance. ASAM NEWS IN NORTHWEST WYOMING, He...
Monday, December 31, 2018

Rose Parade includes tribute to Chinese railroad workers

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CHINESE AMERICAN HERITAGE SOCIETY The float is being prepared before it gets covered with flowers for the Rose Parade. By Ann Thuy N...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

50th anniversary: Founding of Asian American Political Alliance

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Some of the original members of Asian American Political Association and friends recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Asian Ame...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

50 years ago: First skirmish of the International Hotel saga

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Photo by National Register of HIstorical Places The International Hotel was home for Filipino and Chinese elderly. ON THIS DATE, 50...
Friday, July 6, 2018

TGIF Feature: The racist history of Chinese restaurants

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Soupy Shen Jian bao at China Live. THIS JULY FOURTH, we celebrated America's birthday in the most American way we could -- we ate ...
Saturday, April 14, 2018

SF Bay Area's 'Asian American Pioneers' airs Sunday

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SAN FRANCISCO'S NBC affiliate's Emmy-award winning documentary series, Revelations, presents "Asian American Pioneers" t...
Saturday, March 31, 2018

New Mexico to erect a sculpture comemmorating historic case of Yee Shun

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BERNALILLO COUNTY A scale model of the sculpture 'View From Gold Mountain.' Commissioners of New Mexico's Bernalillo Count...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Larry Kwong: first minority in NHL passes away

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Larry Kwong ASAM NEWS THE FIRST MINORITY to play in the National Hockey League has died at the age of 94 in Calgary, reports the Cal...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Drive to change San Francisco street named after anti-Asian politician

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James Phelan ran for U.S. Senator with an anti-Asian message. ASAM NEWS FORMER SAN FRANCISCO Mayor James Phelan left a racist lega...
Sunday, February 25, 2018

Cal State Fullerton establishes an Asian American Studies Department

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ASAM NEWS CAL STATE FULLERTON President Fram Virjee has signed a proposal passed by the Academic Senate to make the University’s Asian Am...