Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
As Yunte Huang’s new biography is released, Style looks back at Anna May Wong’s life and career to celebrate her groundbreaking legacy.
Despite centuries of racially discriminatory laws, Asian immigrants and Asian Americans have consistently engaged in labor resistance.
A Ph.D. in Anthropology is the route to a long-held dream for Joseph Won, a 2022 Goldwater Scholar.
Lelani Pacific-Jack, a political science major with a minor in Japanese, won the prestigious Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) grant, which has given her the opportunity to travel to Washington DC, then onto Japan, for the very first time. Pacific-Jack’s journey is a testament to her passion for Japanese culture, her burgeoning interest in international relations, … Read more
The original March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963, in which over 200,000 people gathered for Black equality and civil rights– and during which Martin Luther King delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech.
In a historic move, the California Assembly Monday passed a bill strengthening civil rights protections against caste discrimination by an overwhelming 50-3 margin.