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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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May 1942 Diary Entry
This entry from Yuri’s concentration camp diary from May 12, 1942 shows her struggling to remain patriotic while recognizing American prejudice against her community. What can we learn about how ideas about race can change?
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Bill Kochiyama
Yuri met her future husband, Bill Kochiyama, a soldier in the US Army, while working at the USO in the Jerome, Arkansas concentration camp. They endured the long distance while he was on the battlefield overseas. Letters helped to ease the separation.
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The Senior Crusaders
Yuri’s mother (kneeling, second from right) with the Senior Crusaders, a group Yuri organized to write letters to Japanese American soldiers overseas during WWII. Photographed at Jerome, Arkansas concentration camp, c. 1944.
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Yuri Kochiyama at the Santa Anita Assembly Center
Yuri Kochiyama, around age 21, in front of a barracks at Santa Anita, where Japanese Americans were forced to live in small and barren units, c. 1942.
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The Nakahara Family
The Nakahara family, with children Yuri (left) and brothers Peter and Art in San Pedro, c. 1924. Despite their middle-class lifestyle, racial segregation laws limited where they could live.
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Wen Ho Lee Outside Courthouse
Wen Ho Lee outside a federal courthouse on September, 13, 2000, after his release from prison upon reaching a plea agreement. Lee was a scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory accused of spying for the Chinese.
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National Review Cover
The cover of National Review from March 24, 1997 depicting (left to right) then Vice-President Al Gore, President Bill Clinton, and First Lady Hillary Clinton as Chinese stereotypes.
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Vincent Chin Memorial Plaque
Vincent Chin’s murder is a reminder of the tragic consequences of racial scapegoating, but it also demonstrates the possibilities for solidarity and social justice.
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“Vincent Chin case: Justice or mockery?”
The injustice of the Vincent Chin case ultimately galvanized an Asian American solidarity movement led by activists Helen Zia and Liza Chan.
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Toyota Bashing in Detroit
A fundraiser in Southfield, Michigan allowed people to line up and bludgeon a Japanese-made Toyota with a sledgehammer. Anti-Japanese sentiment in Detroit ran high due to the floundering of the US auto industry in the face of Japanese automotive success.
