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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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Launch of Vincent Chin Institute
On April 26, 2023, Congresswoman Judy Chu and other leaders celebrated the launch of the Vincent Chin Institute, established to fight hate through multiracial solidarity, education, advocacy networks and telling our own stories—all legacies of the Vincent Chin movement.
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History’s Importance In Fight For Justice
Author Helen Zia (lower right) describes the historic patterns that have continued during the COVID-19 pandemic in this Washington Post video.
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History of Anti-Asian Rhetoric
During the dual pandemics of COVID and anti-Asian hate, many Asian Americans spoke out. Author and historian Erica Lee (top right) speaks in a Washington Post video on the history and contemporary rise of racist incidents and violence.
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Vincent Chin Plaque
On Woodward Avenue, a main thoroughfare of greater Detroit, this historic plaque honors the memory of Vincent Chin in the median at the intersection of Nine Mile Road in Ferndale, across from the building Vincent had worked as a waiter.
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The Vincent Chin Legacy Guide (Page 4)
Though Vincent Chin’s case is a landmark of anti-Asian violence, many other Asian Americans have been harmed, with a few more listed here. Even today, racism against Asians is often denied and ignored by authorities, media and society in general.
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The Vincent Chin Legacy Guide (Page 3)
Though Vincent Chin’s case is a landmark of anti-Asian violence, many other Asian Americans have been harmed, with a few more listed here. Even today, racism against Asians is often denied and ignored by authorities, media and society in general.
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The Vincent Chin Legacy Guide (Page 2)
Though Vincent Chin’s case is a landmark of anti-Asian violence, many other Asian Americans have been harmed, with a few more listed here. Even today, racism against Asians is often denied and ignored by authorities, media and society in general.
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The Vincent Chin Legacy Guide (Page 1)
Though Vincent Chin’s case is a landmark of anti-Asian violence, many other Asian Americans have been harmed, with a few more listed here. Even today, racism against Asians is often denied and ignored by authorities, media and society in general.
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University Chancellor Mocks Asian People During Graduation
In December 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon mocks Asian people during his commencement speech, as his board of trustees laughs in response. As CNN This Morning reports, after the video went viral, Keon apologized.
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Timeline of Anti-Asian Violence
Created by One Nation Commission, this timeline traces notable dates in the long thread of anti-Asian violence and prejudice that preceded the massive wave of hate that accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic, when Asian American communities were blamed for the virus.
