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    The Little Bangladesh Neighborhood in Los Angeles

    Murals of prominent historic Bangladeshi leaders in Little Bangladesh, Los Angeles, California.

    Featured in:

    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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  • Bangladeshi American Tanzila Ahmed wearing a polka dot dress kneels in front of hand-painted alponas on the sidewalk.

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    Tanzila Ahmed Posing with Hand-Painted Alponas

    Tanzila Ahmed, a political activist born and raised in Los Angeles, California, poses with hand-painted alponas (traditional Bengali folk art) in the neighborhood of Little Bangladesh in Los Angeles.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 5
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  • Bangladeshi artist Tara Asgar wearing a long wig is seated under the spotlight with a microphone in hand and surrounded by people sitting in a circle.

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    Tara Asgar in Performance

    Tara Asgar during a performance in the US: “Coming to the US was a loss, and I had to start from zero, reshape my work.”

    Featured in:

    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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  • Bangladeshi artist Tara Asgar sits on the lawn with one arm propped to the side and the other arm resting on her leg while wearing a tie dye saree.

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    Portrait of Tara Asgar

    Tara Asgar, a Bangladeshi artist, is deeply influenced by her connections to African American and Latinx communities in New York.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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  • Bangladeshi Chaumtoli Huq on the left speaks with ten female garment workers and organizers who are wearing salwar kameez inside small storage room.

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    Chaumtoli Huq with Garment Workers and Organizers

    Huq (left) with women workers and organizers in the apparel industry in Bangladesh, filming for her documentary Sramik Awaaz: Workers Voices (2017).

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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  • Seven Bangladeshi American female organizers pose wearing saree on a sidewalk in New York, surrounded by brick buildings and parked cars.

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    Shahana K. Hanif and Sharmin Hossain with Organizers

    Bangladeshi American organizers in New York, including Huq (far right), alongside NYC Council member Shahana K. Hanif (third from right), and Sharmin Hossain of 18 Million Rising (far left).

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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  • Bangladeshi Chaumtoli Huq with her husband and three daughters wearing winter coats at the train station.

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    Chaumtoli Huq and Family in New York City

    Chaumtoli Huq and her family moved in the early 1970s to the Bronx, New York, after the Bangladesh Liberation War.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 4
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  • Bangladeshi American English professor and author Nadeem Zaman holds a stack of his books "The Inheritors" wearing glasses and a jacket inside a home.

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    Nadeem Zaman Holding a Stack of His Book The Inheritors

    Author Nadeem Zaman with his book, The Inheritors (2023). An English professor at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Zaman arrived in the US in 1991 at fifteen. The legacy of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War features heavily in his writing.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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  • Cover of Bangladeshi American Diruba Ahmed's book "Bring Now The Angels" featuring a statue of a worn-down, headless angel.

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    Front Cover of Bring Now the Angels

    Author Dilruba Ahmed’s Bring Now The Angels (2020). This book of poetry moves away from exploring notions of identity and belonging and instead deals with themes of grief and forgiveness.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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  • Bangladeshi American author Diruba Ahmed uses one hand to take off her glasses while holding a pen and the other hand to keep a book open on a table.

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    Headshot of Dilruba Ahmed

    Bangladeshi American author and poet, Dilruba Ahmed, at a bookstore reading. Her writings defy stereotypical representations of the exoticized Bengali and non-Western woman, emphasizing identity as fluid and multi-dimensional.

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    Bangladeshi Americans, Module 3
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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

    Chapter:

    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

    Chapter:

    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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  • Brick exterior of grocery store with market's name painted in white at the top of the building. Patrons sit and stand by benches near entrance.

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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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