REVIVING THE LEGACY OF AN INDIAN ICON
In a new, bestselling biography, Professor Manu Bhagavan explores the extraordinary life of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
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Asian, Hmong American history education bill finally gets a vote in Madison, WI
Similar legislation has been proposed in previous years, but Tuesday marked the first time the bill received a floor vote in nearly two decades.
Man who stomped on Asian woman in Times Square attack sentenced to 15 years in state prison
In 2021, Brandon Elliot shouted expletives at the victim, telling her, “You don’t belong here,” before toppling her and stomping on her head and body repeatedly.
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Day of Remembrance of Japanese American Incarceration
On this day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the forcible incarceration of over 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent – half of whom were children. It was shameful. Families were separated. Communities were torn apart. People were stripped of their dignity. And the unconstitutional and unconscionable policy was … Read more
Japanese American prison camp site in Colorado is now a national park
Camp Amache once held more than 7,000 prisoners of Japanese descent. The park’s goal is to “tell a complete and honest story of our nation’s history,” officials say.
How a 1924 Immigration Act Laid the Groundwork for Japanese American Incarceration
A Smithsonian curator and a historian discuss the links between the Johnson-Reed Act and Executive Order 9066, which rounded up 120,000 Japanese Americans in camps across the Western U.S.