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History is more than just text on a page; it is the photographs, voices, and artifacts of the people who lived it. The images and recordings featured across Foundations and Futures are part of a meticulously curated media repository. Whether you are building a lesson plan or investigating an artifact, you can use this database to trace the provenance of our media: discover who created an asset, the historical context behind it, and how it can be used to bring Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences into your classroom.
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Operation New Life
Operation New Life (April 23–November 1, 1975) was a US government operation that processed over 111,000 refugees on Guam (Guåhan) before and after South Vietnam’s collapse.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 3
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Vietnamese Refugee Housing
Refugees from Vietnam were housed in temporary resettlement homes, such as these homes pictured at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas (c. 1970s).
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 3
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Fall of Saigon
On April 29, 1975, South Vietnamese civilians scale the fourteen-foot wall of the US embassy in Saigon in a rush to reach evacuation helicopters. These civilians would become part of the first wave of refugees.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 3
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Le Ly Hayslip
Le Ly Hayslip (left), humanitarian and author of When Heaven and Earth Changed Places (1989) and Child of War, Woman of Peace (1992) Her writings re-center narratives about the Vietnam-American War with stories by and about Vietnamese people.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 2
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Muhammad Speaks
This cartoon highlights the contradiction of Black soldiers sent overseas to fight for a country that continued to deny their civil rights back home. The term “Negro” was commonly used in the 1960s. It is not an acceptable term today.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 2
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Edwin Starr “War”
American singer Edwin Starr’s version of “War” captured the anxieties that many Americans were experiencing as they watched the Vietnam-American War unfolding on their home television screens. Starr’s “War” continues to be a popular protest song.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 2
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Gidra Cover, May 1972
This May 1972 cover art of Gidra, an Asian American Movement publication, critiques how people are turned into enemies during wartime. The word “gook” is a derogatory term and was used to dehumanize Asian people during the Vietnam-American War.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 2
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Map of Reeducation Prisons in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Due to her involvement in the South Vietnamese armed forces, Nguyễn Thị Hạnh Nhơn was imprisoned after the war ended. This map locates sites of reeducation camps and prisons in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 2
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Oral History of Nguyễn Thị Hạnh Nhơn
Nguyễn Thị Hạnh Nhơn describes her life through periods of French colonial rule, Japanese occupation, and the Vietnam-American War.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 2
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Lê Lợi Statue
This large statue of Lê Lợi reflects the lasting impact of the revolutionary leader on the Vietnamese people. A bowl of incense at the base of the statue is another marker of the ongoing reverence for Lê Lợi in Vietnam’s national memory.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 1
