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    Recipients of redress checks

    Issei women receiving redress checks and formal apologies from the government acknowledging that it was wrong to have incarcerated them and 120,000 other Japanese Americans during World War II.

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 6
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  • A video about the 153 testimonies given to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.

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    Giving Testimony

    Hear 153 testimonies given to the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, highlighting injustices faced by Japanese Americans during WWII.

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 6
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    Noy Thrupkaew’s TED Talk on Trafficking

    Excerpt of a TED Talk by journalist Noy Thrupkaew, dispelling the common misconceptions about human trafficking.

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    Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers’ Organizing, Module 5
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  • Advocates of Hawaiian independence, dressed in matching Kū I Ka Pono t-shirts, march down the street holding Hawaiian flags.

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    Module 5: Aloha ʻĀina: Pathways of Sovereignty and Independence

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • Uniformed Fita Fita Guardsmen stand on the Naval station dock in Tutuila, Amerika Sāmoa, as they prepare lines for the coming USS Trenton warship.

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    Module 2: Friends or Foes: Making American Sāmoa

    Lana Lopesi

    Chapter:

    Samoans in the United States
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  • Samoan American Liz sits on the hood of a car while holding her baby. Her cousin Vaisola sits next to her and leans over to see the baby.

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    Module 3: Toloa or Eagle: Flights of Migration

    Lana Lopesi

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    Samoans in the United States
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    Module 4: Culture and Cheehoos: Samoan Diasporic Identities

    Lana Lopesi

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    Samoans in the United States
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  • Dressed casually, wrestlers Leati Joseph Anoaʻi, known as Roman Reigns (left), and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (right) pose together at WrestleMania.

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    Module 5: The Samoan Dynasty: Samoans in Sports

    Lana Lopesi

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    Samoans in the United States
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    Module 6: Social Issues in the Diaspora and Youth Activism

    Lana Lopesi

    Chapter:

    Samoans in the United States
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    Chapter Overview: Asian Americans in the United States South

    Heidi Kim

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  • A lithograph of Eng and Chang Bunker surrounded by idyllic scenes of family life, leisure, labor, and assimilation to the American lifestyle.

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    Module 1: Overview

    Heidi Kim

    Chapter:

    Asian Americans in the United States South
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  • Chinese Americans Edward Woo, wearing a t-shirt and pants, and Nancy Gee, wearing a dress, stand inside his grocery store, Eddie’s Lucky Leadway.

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    Module 2: Labor and Migration

    Heidi Kim

    Chapter:

    Asian Americans in the United States South
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