Explore centuries of Asian American and Pacific Islander histories and stories

Foundations and Futures: Asian American and Pacific Islander Multimedia Textbook is the most comprehensive, scholar informed, online history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders that redefines the American narrative for high school, college and lifelong learners in order to open unlimited possibilities for building a just, multiracial, and democratic future.

Influential people & movements

Pivotal moments from Asian American and Pacific Islander history.

Patsy Mink
Queen Lili’uokalani
Larry Itliong

Influential people & movements

Pivotal moments from Asian American and Pacific Islander history.

Patsy Mink
Queen Lili’uokalani
Larry Itliong
Patsy Mink
Queen Lili’uokalani
Larry Itliong

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The Multimedia Textbook on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is a narrative change project that brings together distinguished scholarship, open access technology, and ethnic studies pedagogy to deepen public knowledge about who we are, strengthen students’ historical empathy, and bring Asian American and Pacific Islander stories into every classroom.

Foundational chapters provide an invaluable insight into the experiences, both past and present, of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. From the impact of Western imperialism to the present-day struggles against racism and systemic inequity, as well as the ground work by the community and leaders towards a more equitable and just future.

Ethnic Studies

Community Building & Social Justice

Pacific Islanders

Solidarity & Praxis

Asian American Communities chapters provide an invaluable insight into the experiences, both past and present, of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. From the impact of Western imperialism to the present-day struggles against racism and systemic inequity, as well as the ground work by the community and leaders towards a more equitable and just future.

Arab Americans Part 1

Arab Americans Part 2

Bangladeshi Americans

Cambodian Americans

Chinese Americans

Filipinx Americans

Hmong Americans

Indian Americans

Indonesian Americans

Japanese Americans

Korean Americans

Laotian Americans

Pakistani Americans

South Asian Americans, Pre-1965

Thai Americans

Vietnamese Americans

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Decolonization of the Pacific

Guåhan & CHamoru

Kanaka ‘Ōiwi

Micronesians in the United States

Samoan Americans

Activism & Movements chapters provide an invaluable insight into the experiences, both past and present, of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. From the impact of Western imperialism to the present-day struggles against racism and systemic inequity, as well as the ground work by the community and leaders towards a more equitable and just future.

Activism

Environmental Justice

Filipino Farmworkers

Labor

Multiracial Youth Organizing

NY Chinatown Garment Workers

People & Everyday Life chapters provide an invaluable insight into the experiences, both past and present, of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. From the impact of Western imperialism to the present-day struggles against racism and systemic inequity, as well as the ground work by the community and leaders towards a more equitable and just future.

American South

Business, Finance & Entrepreneurs

Disability & Illness

Hawai’i

LGBTQ+ AAPIs

Media

Multiracial / Mixed Race AAPIs

Oral History

Patsy Mink

Tape Family

Women

Yuri Kochiyama

Culture & Everyday Life chapters provide an invaluable insight into the experiences, both past and present, of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. From the impact of Western imperialism to the present-day struggles against racism and systemic inequity, as well as the ground work by the community and leaders towards a more equitable and just future.

Asian Exclusion

Chol Soo Lee

Japanese American Incarceration

War on Terror & Anti-Muslim Racism

Vincent Chin

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