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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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American Yellow Book Cover
In this excerpt from his memoir, American Yellow, George Omi recounts his uncle leaving his beloved dog at a San Francisco beach because he could not take the dog with him to the concentration camp.
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“Junkshop Man Took Our Icebox Away”
Japanese Americans on the West Coast had to sell most of their possessions at rock-bottom prices to unscrupulous buyers. This painting, “Junkshop Man Took Our Icebox Away,” by Henry Sugimoto, captures the emotions of a mother and daughter who must get rid of the family’s belongings.
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First Issue of Người Việt Daily News (Page 2)
The first issue of Người Việt Daily News (c. 1978). The Vietnamese-language newspaper started out of Yến Ngọc Đỗ’s home in Garden Grove, California, near the center of Orange County’s Little Saigon.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Lucky Coins
Women and children making lucky coins for the war effort in China.
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Nellie Tom Quock and Lai Yee Guey How at the Picket Line
Nellie Tom Quock, Lai Yee Guey How, and his son, Art, lead the picket line against sending scrap iron to Japan.
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Rice Bowl Party
“Rice bowl party” supporting China’s resistance to Japanese aggression, San Francisco, circa 1940.
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Of Two Lineages
Of Two Lineages public art installation located in front of the Asian Garden Mall in Westminster, California, by artist James Dinh. The project commemorates the fortieth anniversary of Vietnamese migration to the United States.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Hand of Hope
Hand of Hope located at Camp Pendleton, the first US military base set up to receive Vietnamese refugees in 1975. This monument was designed by artist Nguyen Luu Dat and built by two Marines.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Could You Manage to Kick a Little Bit?
This political cartoon from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (c. 1964) demonstrates a simplistic view of Vietnamese refugees. The problematic depiction echoes government and media narratives from this time that perpetuate stereotypes of Vietnamese refugees as a burden to American society.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Little Saigon Stories – Still A Lot of Tensions
Uyen Hoang, a Vietnamese American community member of Orange County’s Little Saigon in California, recalls an early childhood memory of the 1999 Hi-Tek incident.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Hi-Tek Protestors
Orange County’s Little Saigon community members protest against Hi-Tek Video. Protestors demanded owner Tran Truong to remove a poster featuring Hồ Chí Minh and the red flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from his shop window.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Vietnam War Memorial in Westminster
Vietnamese American “Heritage and Freedom” Flag, flown at the city of Westminster’s Vietnam War Memorial.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Donald Trump Favorability, 2020
Infographic showing Asian American voters’ favorability of Donald Trump in 2020. This survey shows that compared to other Asian American groups, Vietnamese voters respond with a higher favorability to Donald Trump.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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January 6, 2021
Ultraconservative groups take siege of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021. A person prominently carries the flag of South Vietnam (center right).
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 5
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Decades After Clashing With The Klan, A Thriving Vietnamese Community In Texas
An National Public Radio (NPR) Weekend Edition story shares the history and current community formations of Vietnamese resettlement in Texas, offering a lens to view current sentiments toward immigrants.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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“ICEM” Plastic Bag
These plastic bags held chest X-rays, part of the medical screening for tuberculosis that Vietnamese refugees underwent to prove that they were medically-cleared for resettlement, only to then expose themselves to health hazards in nail work.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Tippi Hedren with Graduating Nail Tech Refugee Class
American actress Tippi Hedren (top center) with one of her graduating classes of Vietnamese refugee women learning to become nail technicians.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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First Issue of Người Việt Daily News (Page 1)
The first issue of Người Việt Daily News (c. 1978). The Vietnamese-language newspaper started out of Yến Ngọc Đỗ’s home in Garden Grove, California, near the center of Orange County’s Little Saigon.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Danh’s Pharmacy
Danh’s Pharmacy in Orange County’s Little Saigon (c. 1980s). Before the US and Vietnam normalized trade and diplomatic relations, Vietnamese Americans depended on businesses such as Danh’s Pharmacy to ship care packages to their families in Vietnam.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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Van Le in Seadrift Seafood
Van Le (center) and her husband own a seafood business named Seadrift Seafood. Vietnamese refugees drawn to the fishing business resettled along the Gulf Coast of Texas and formed new communities.
Featured in:
Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
