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  • Bangladeshi Americans Mohammed Chishti-Shipu, in panjabi, and his wife Cherry, in salwar kameez, beside the red wood paneled wall of their new home.

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    Mohammed and Cherry Chishti-Shipu Pose Outside

    Mohammed Chisti-Shipu and his wife, Cherry, pose outside of their home in Queens, New York, in 2017.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 1
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  • A graph that displays the top ten U.S. metropolitan areas of Bangladeshi population in descending order from largest to smallest.

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    Top Ten US Metropolitan Areas of Bangladeshi Population

    The top ten US metropolitan areas by Bangladeshi population, in 2019. (Source: Pew Research Center)

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 1
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  • A graph that displays the growth of the Bangladeshi population in the U.S. between 2000 and 2023.

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    Graph of the Growth of the Bangladeshi Population in the US

    The growth of the Bangladeshi population in the United States from 2000 to 2023, including both immigrants as well as those born in the US. (Source: Pew Research Center)

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 1
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  • A sign with concrete footings placed on a lawn that reads "Welcome to Banglatown". Images of a Bengali flag and an American flag are next to the text.

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    Welcome to Banglatown Sign

    A sign welcomes visitors to Banglatown, a Bangladeshi American neighborhood in Michigan straddling the Detroit/Hamtramck border.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 1
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  • Iam Tongi leans against a white house posed to play his guitar. His contemplative expression shows a slight closed-mouth smile.

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    Portrait of Iam Tongi

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 5
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  • Auli'i Cravalho poses against a Hawaiian backdrop. She wears a light-blue, tulle gown with embroidered pink flowers and green leafy stems.

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    Auli’i Cravalho Attends the “Moana 2” UK Premiere

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  • Olivia Rodrigo sings into a microphone. She wears a black two-piece under a mesh chain-mail dress.

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    Olivia Rodrigo Singing at a Concert

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 5
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  • Headshot of Charlie Bushnell. A raised vertical scar trails from the corner of his right eye.

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    Portrait of Charlie Bushnell

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 5
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  • Lola Tung poses in a purple halter dress.

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    Lola Tung attends the Gold House Gala

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 5
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  • Havana Rose Lui holds a top handle bag. She wears a gray suit, white top, and tie. A raven design shows across the sleeve and front of the jacket.

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    Havana Rose Lui attends New York Fashion Week

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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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