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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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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans, Module 5
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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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  • 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

    Chapter:

    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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