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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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An Indian Immigrant Worker Harvests Beets
An Indian immigrant worker harvests beets in Hamilton City, California, in the early twentieth century.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 2
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Har Gobind Khorana
Har Gobind Khorana arrived in the US from India in 1960, and in 1968 won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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Dalip Singh Saund on First Federal Presents
Dalip Singh Saund became the first Indian American and Asian American elected to Congress, in 1956.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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J. J. Singh with President Harry Truman
J. J. Singh (third from right) observes President Harry S. Truman signing the Luce-Celler Act of 1946, which gave Indian immigrants the right to naturalization.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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Punjabi Mexican Family with Kids
Ernestina and Bishan Singh’s Punjabi Mexican family, photographed in 1932.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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Valentina Alvarez and Rullia Singh
Valentina Alvarez and Rullia Singh, a Punjabi Mexican American couple in Yuba Valley, California. They married in 1917.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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“Millions of Hindus, in India, Waiting for Chance to Swamp Coast with Cheap Labor”
A newspaper clipping from 1913 highlights white America’s racialized anxieties towards Indian Americans by exaggerating their levels of migration.
Featured in:
Indian Americans, Module 1
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“Same Question” Performance
Spoken word duo Steady performs their poem “Same Question” at the 2024 Katipunan Poetry Slam.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 7
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“Isang Bagsak!”
This video by Filipino-founded arts organization Sunday Jump features a demonstration of a “unity clap.” A single person begins by clapping slowly, gradually increasing in tempo and volume with the group, and finishes with the call-and-response of “Isang Bagsak!”
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 7
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Us Music Video
In the music video for Us, Ruby Ibarra raps alongside Rocky Rivera, Klassy, and Faith Santilla in both English and Tagalog.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 7
