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  • Gabriella Wilson (aka H.E.R.) on stage with a guitar and a microphone. She wears dark sunglasses, large hoop earrings, and a black sequins outfit.

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    Gabriella Wilson (aka H.E.R.) Performing on Stage

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 1
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  • Jason Momoa has both arms in the air enthusiastically posing with the horns gesture. Promotional posters for the event paper the background.

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    Jason Momoa Gestures to the Crowd From a Stage

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 1
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  • Naomi Osaka crouches and grips her racket with 2 hands, fully focused while waiting for the serve.

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    Naomi Osaka Prepares to Return Serve

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 1
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  • Bruno Mars smiles while playing a keyboard in a darkened room. A microphone is placed in front of his face.

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    Bruno Mars Playing Keyboard at a Concert

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 1
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  • Kamala Harris smiles while being sworn into office. She holds up her right hand, and her left is on a stack of Bibles. She wears a bright blue suit.

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    Kamala Harris Being Sworn into Office

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 1
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  • Keanu Reaves speaks into a microphone during a panel interview with 2 other men. A science fiction poster of a dragon in space is in the background.

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    Keanu Reaves Speaking on a Panel Interview

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 1
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  • Pittsburgh Steeler Juju Smith pointing to the crowd during a game. His face shows a determined expression.

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    Juju Smith Pointing to the Crowd

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 1
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  • Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson takes a selfie with smiling Asian-Pacific fans. A short metal barrier separates them. An armed guard stands behind The Rock.

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    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Taking a Selfie with Fans

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 1
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  • A collage of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jason Momoa, H.E.R., Kamala Harris, Bruno Mars, Keanu Reeves, Naomi Osaka, and Juju Smith-Schuster.

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    Celebrity Multiracial AA&PIs

    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jason Momoa, H.E.R., Kamala Harris, Bruno Mars, Keanu Reeves, Naomi Osaka, and Juju Smith-Schuster are among the US’s most famous multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans.

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 1
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  • An Indonesian sailor posing in uniform of coveralls and a white hat.

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    An Indonesian sailor during World War II.

    An Indonesian sailor during World War II. The trial of the detained sailors set the stage for future refugee cases in the US.

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    We Are Here Because You Were There: Race, Colonialism, and Migration, Module 5
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  • Yellow bumper sticker with words "Patsy Mink for President" in purple font. "Mink" is stylized in all caps at center of sticker.

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    Module 2: Opposition to the Vietnam War and US Presidential Campaign

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless
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  • Cartoon with Uncle Sam, a white man dressed in stars and stripes of U.S. flag, who looms over brown children wearing names of different countries.

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    Module 3: Environmental Justice, Settler Colonialism, and a Pacific Worldview

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless
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    Module 4: Title IX: The Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless
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  • I-Hotel supporters link arms to form barricade outside hotel. Above them hangs a banner with partially obscured text reading "No Eviction!"

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    Chapter Overview: Asian American Activism

    Artnelson Concordia, Katherine H. Lee, May C. Fu, and Diane C. Fujino

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  • Black and white photo: Vicci Wong and two other girls sit on a curb while holding signs in support of Huey Newton. Other people with signs stand nearby.

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    Module 1: Overview of Asian American Activism

    Diane C. Fujino

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    Asian American Activism
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  • Woman carrying South Korean flag stands next to member of the National Guard following the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising.

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    Chapter Overview: Korean Americans

    Jane Hong and Kimberly McKee

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  • Two Korean women and child, dressed in traditional clothing, outside of San Francisco's Angel Island Immigration Station.

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    Module 1: Overview

    Jane Hong

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    Korean Americans
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  • Uniformed Korean American men stand in rows outside of building. Flags of the U.S. and South Korea are seen behind last row of men.

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    Module 2: Korean Americans during World War II and the Korean War

    Jane Hong

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    Korean Americans
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  • Six female graduates of St. Paul's Hospital nursing program pose in a formal black and white portrait, dressed in nurse's cap and uniform.

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    Chapter Overview: Filipinx American Histories

    Theodore S. Gonzalves

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