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  • Drawing entitled "First Woman's Medical College Building" shows a three story building with many windows. On the left is a horse drawn carriage.
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    The Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania

    The Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, was the first medical school in the world established to train women toward the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree.

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    South Asian Americans Before 1965, Module 3
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  • Sikh merchant Jagjit Singh stands alongside U.S. government officials witnessing a seated President Truman as he signs the Luce-Celler Act of 1946.
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    Truman Signs Luce-Celler Act

    With South Asian and Filipino community leaders in attendance, President Harry Truman signed the Luce–Celler Act in the White House’s Oval Office on July 2, 1946.

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    South Asian Americans Before 1965, Module 2
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  • Flyer for lectures by yoga instructor Indian Rishi Singh Gherwal. On left, a photo of Gherwal seated in lotus position wearing a turban and tunic.
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    Rishi Singh Grewal Flyer

    This 1940 flyer for Rishi Singh Grewal’s spiritual lectures advertises the benefits of yoga and spiritual practices, with the tagline: “Attain Beauty, Longevity, Mind Mastery and Wisdom by Yoga.”

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    South Asian Americans Before 1965, Module 2
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  • Page two of Indian Vaishno Das Bagai's caste certification papers. Certification paragraph is stamped and signed by a Peshawar District magistrate.
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    Vaishno Das Bagai’s Caste Certification

    Certificates like this one issued to Vaishno Das Bagai confirmed that their recipients were from a high-caste background, demonstrating the importance of caste to South Asian immigrants.

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    South Asian Americans Before 1965, Module 2
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  • Page one of Indian Vaishno Das Bagai's caste certification papers. A ribbon woven through the top of the page with its ends held down by a wax seal.
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    Vaishno Das Bagai’s Caste Certification

    Certificates like this one issued to Vaishno Das Bagai confirmed that their recipients were from a high-caste background, demonstrating the importance of caste to South Asian immigrants.

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    South Asian Americans Before 1965, Module 2
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  • Bhagat Singh Thind, a Sikh man, in his U.S. military uniform and turban, standing at attention with his rifle and gear.
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    Bhagat Singh Thind

    As a Sikh American, Bhagat Singh Thind was the first US serviceman to be allowed to wear a turban as part of his military uniform for religious reasons. This 1918 photo was taken at Camp Lewis, Washington.

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    South Asian Americans Before 1965, Module 2
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  • Indian Vaishno Das Bagai in a black vest, pants, bowtie, long sleeved collared shirt stands at the counter of his general store with hands in pockets.
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    Bagai’s Bazaar

    Vaishno Das Bagai opened Bagai’s Bazaar, a general store and import business located on Filmore Street in San Francisco. The Bagais lived in an apartment above the store.

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    South Asian Americans Before 1965, Module 2
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  • Seated at outdoor desk, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Hart-Celler Act of 1965 as government officials around him witness the signing.
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    LBJ Signs Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

    Due to the historic nature of the legislation, President Lyndon B. Johnson chose to sign the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 in a special ceremony at the base of the Statue of Liberty, overlooking the island of Manhattan.

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    South Asian Americans Before 1965, Module 1
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  • Indian American Dalip Singh Saund stands between John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. He shakes Kennedy's hand while looking at Johnson. All in suits.
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    Dalip Singh Saund with John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson

    Dalip Singh Saund (center) with John F. Kennedy (left) and Lyndon Johnson (right), circa 1960.

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    South Asian Americans Before 1965, Module 1
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  • A farmer’s stand with a family selecting from a large variety of fresh produce. People picking from a field are in the background.
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    Hawaii Grown Website Banner

    Hawaiʻi publications like Honolulu Civil Beat and other news outlets regularly discuss sustainability issues, including how Hawaiʻi will feed itself and grow its own food, especially during times of emergency.

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    Hawaiʻi: A Place and Its People, Module 5
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  • Circles mark locations across the U. S. except in the central northern states, New England, and the deep South.
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    Native Hawaiians in the US Population Map

    As shown in this infographic by Ka Wai Ola News,the US Census 2020 tells us that for the first time there are more people of Native Hawaiian ancestry living outside Hawaiʻi than in the islands. Fifty-three percent of Native Hawaiians live in the continental US versus 47 percent in Hawaiʻi.

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  • Circle graph showing that the population primarily identifies as white, Filipino, Japanese, Native Hawaiian and Chinese.
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    2018 Population Estimates by Racial Group

    This infographic by Honolulu Civil Beat shows Hawaiʻi’s population estimates by race and ethnicity. These 2018 US Census American Community Survey figures add up to more than 100 percent since respondents can identify as being part of one or more racial or ethnic groups.

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    Hawaiʻi: A Place and Its People, Module 5
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  • The stone remnants of a two-story structure sit among scattered debris and a lone palm tree.
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    Remains of the US Seamen’s Hospital after Lāhaina fire

    Remains of the US Seamen’s Hospital (US Marine Hospital) at 1024 Front Street, Lāhinā, Hawaiʻi, first built in 1833. The 2023 Lāhaina fire on the island of Maui resulted in over a hundred deaths and more than 2,200 structures destroyed.

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  • A reed-lined pond covered in vegetation dominates the space behind a home barely visible through the trees.
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    Mokuʻula, ca. 1893

    The site of Kamehameha III’s royal home on Mokuʻula Island in the fishpond, Loko o Mokuhinia, located in the town of Lāhinā on the island of Maui, circa 1893.

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  • Standing among taro leaves, a woman wearing a lei po’o raises her arms towards the moon. An older couple embraces with their foreheads touching.
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    We Are Mauna Kea

    Honolulu-based artist, Ash Kwak Lukashevsky, created this illustration in support of activists demonstrating against the proposed Thirty-Meter Telescope on Maunakea (Mauna a Wākea).

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    Hawaiʻi: A Place and Its People, Module 5
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  • A deep blue sky contrasts with the barren landscape in the foreground of Maunakea.
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    Maunakea (Mauna a Wākea) from Mauna Loa Observatory

    This view of Maunakea (Mauna a Wākea) on Hawaiʻi Island was taken in 2010 from an observatory on nearby Maunaloa (Mauna Loa).

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    Hawaiʻi: A Place and Its People, Module 5
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  • A group of smiling teens wearing matching long-sleeved black T-shirts pose in front of a forested mountain while throwing the Shaka sign.
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    Liliʻuokalani Trust Group Photo

    Founded in 1909 by Queen Liliʻuokalani the trust serves orphan and destitute children, with a preference given to assisting the welfare and development of Kānaka ʻŌiwi youth.

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    Excerpt from Ala Moana Mall Paradise

    Bishop Museum historian Desoto Brown appears on Humane Architecture to discuss the development of Ala Moana Shopping Center, which opened in 1959. The center has often faced criticism that local Hawaiʻi residents are not able to afford the luxury goods aimed more toward higher-income tourists.

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    Hawaiʻi: A Place and Its People, Module 4
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  • Three Asian women representing each of their cultures with traditional dress stand on a sea wall aside the ocean. Diamond Head is in the background.
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    Aloha Week participants representing the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ethnic groups

    Diversity has often been displayed as one of Hawaiʻi’s strong points, emphasizing its ethnic and racial harmony. The Hawaiʻi Visitors Bureau featured these women of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ancestry in the first celebration of Aloha Week in 1947.

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    Excerpt from What does it mean to be local in Hawai‘i?

    Watch people answer the question, “What does it mean to be local in Hawai‘i?” in this 2020 Fault Lines feature by Honolulu Civil Beat.

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