Explore centuries of Asian American and Pacific Islander histories and stories


Foundations and Futures: Asian American and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook is the most comprehensive, scholar informed, online history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. This collection redefines the American narrative for high school, college and lifelong learners, opening unlimited possibilities for building a more inclusive, equitable and democratic future for all.

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The Multimedia Textbook on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is a narrative change project that brings together distinguished scholarship, open access technology, and ethnic studies pedagogy to deepen public knowledge about who we are, strengthen students’ historical empathy, and bring Asian American and Pacific Islander stories into every classroom.

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Landmark Movements and Moments

Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Immigrant on Death Row Sparked a MovementJulie Ha
Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War IIStan Yogi
Labor & Activism of Filipino FarmworkersAllyson Tintiangco-Cubales, Catherine DeGuzman, Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Gayle Rosamanta, Lauren Daus, Mark Pulido, Stacey Salinas, Robyn Rodriguez, and Rudy Guevarra Jr.
Fighting Anti-Asian Violence: Justice for Vincent ChinHelen Zia
New York Chinatown’s Immigrant Garment Workers: Women in Action, 1970-2001Rachel Bernstein and May Ying Chen

People and Everyday Life

Preserving Community Stories: The Art and Practice of Oral HistoryWilliam Gow
The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil RightsMae Ngai
Asian Americans in the United States SouthHeidi Kim
Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and FearlessJudy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

Pacific Islander Peoples

Samoans in the United StatesLana Lopesi
Kanaka ʻŌiwi: Indigenous HawaiiansDavianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

Asian American Communities

Vietnamese American ExperiencesThuy Vo Dang
Bangladeshi AmericansNazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed
Chinese Americans and the Making of American HistoryCeclia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit-Shelton
Filipinx American HistoriesTheodore S. Gonzalves
Indian AmericansVinay Lal
Korean AmericansJane Hong and Kimberly McKee

more to come…

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