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AAPI Heritage

Celebrating Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

 

In 1977 the U.S. Congress (spearheaded by Representative Frank Horton of New York and Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawai'i) chose the first ten days of May to commemorate the history and contributions of Asian American communities here in the U.S. The week's observance became a month, the very month in which the first Japanese immigrants came to the U.S. in 1843. We also commemorate the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869 as the majority of workers who laid those railroad tracks were Chinese immigrants. And that's why AANHPI Heritage Month is in May.

Explore & Stream

Pacific Heartbeat:
Daughters of the Waves

Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story

American Masters:
Dear Corky

Fanny: The Right to Rock

Independent Lens:
Home Court

American Masters:
Becoming Yamazushi

Asian American Stories of Resilience and Beyond

American Masters:
Waterman – Duke: Ambassador of Aloha

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