Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Story featured in NYC Immigrant Heritage Week. Man-Hong Wan, an immigrant from Kowlown, Hong Kong, is a Head Nurse for NYC Health + Hospitals/Community Care.
Under President Berenecea Johnson Eanes’ leadership, the practice of featuring a salutatorian in addition to the valedictorian speaker, will resume at York’s Commencements. Wing Man Ho has been selected Salutatorian of the Class of 2021. The Psychology major will be the first graduate to do so in approximately 13 years, due to the college’s previous … Read more
May 10, 1869. On the dusty, barren plains of Promontory Summit, Utah, a crowd is gathered to celebrate an American milestone – the completion of the transcontinental railroad, the first piece of infrastructure to connect the two sides of the United States. But this achievement didn’t come without great sacrifice, especially from Chinese immigrants, who … Read more
Census watchers have expressed deep concern about the quality and completeness of the count.
The fishing village in marshlands of present-day Louisiana was settled by the so-called Manilamen as early as 1763.
Professors of Asian heritage at U.S. colleges and universities have faced daunting challenges in the past year, and those struggles have intensified in recent months as violence and hate incidents against Asian Americans have escalated.