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Nativity scene in Korean Sunday School at a Methodist church in... 28 Jun 2011 | 06:29 am
Nativity scene in Korean Sunday School at a Methodist church in St. Anthony Park. Photograph Collection ca. 1974 (Minnesota Historical Society)
Gene’s Surf Riders. Filipino-American musicians playing... 25 Jun 2011 | 05:30 am
Gene’s Surf Riders. Filipino-American musicians playing at the Crown Cafe, East Hennepin, Minneapolis. Photograph Collection 1937-1938. Minnestoa’s Filipino community had its beginnings in a small g...
San Francisco Chinatown’s First Demonstration,... 24 Jun 2011 | 05:31 am
San Francisco Chinatown’s First Demonstration, 1968. Adopting the tactics of the civil rights movement, 200 demonstrators marched through Chinatown to a rally at Portsmouth Square. They criticized th...
Community picnic foot race, Seattle, c. 1918. Courtesy of Mamiya... 9 Jun 2011 | 05:30 am
Community picnic foot race, Seattle, c. 1918. Courtesy of Mamiya Family Collection, Densho.
Corky Leehas captured images of some of the most vivid and... 8 Jun 2011 | 05:30 am
Corky Leehas captured images of some of the most vivid and defining moments in APA history. His photo of a Chinese-American man bleeding from the forehead and being hauled away by the police wound up ...
Our Family is Healthy Because Our Home is Free from... 26 May 2011 | 05:31 am
Our Family is Healthy Because Our Home is Free from Cigarette. Southeast Asian Health Project, 1988. The UC Irvine Libraries, Special Collections and Archives.
Children’s taiko (Japanese drum) group called The Zendaiko... 25 May 2011 | 05:30 am
Children’s taiko (Japanese drum) group called The Zendaiko are ready to make a joyful noise when Los Angeles celebrates at the Nisei Week Japanese Festival, August 3, 1989.
Felix Taganas (front, center) was the owner of a Filipino diner... 24 May 2011 | 05:30 am
Felix Taganas (front, center) was the owner of a Filipino diner in Los Angeles in the 1930s. Filipino diners and cafes offered ethnic dishes and a place where Filipinos could dine without being confr...
Shipyard worker Lonnie Young during WWII (Courtesy of Connie... 21 May 2011 | 05:30 am
Shipyard worker Lonnie Young during WWII (Courtesy of Connie Young Yu) The demands of wartime production enabled Chinese Americans to move into the American workforce in large numbers. For the first ...
Burmese protest at San Gabriel Municipal Park. Photo by Mike... 19 May 2011 | 05:30 am
Burmese protest at San Gabriel Municipal Park. Photo by Mike Sergieff. Lawyer Frank R. Oo speaks to group of approximately 350 Burmese who gathered at San Gabriel Municipal Park to demonstrate agains...
