100 Years of Asian-American History

Happy Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month!!

We decided to dash through Asian-American history from 1920 to today!!

It was a blast to learn and travel through time to find lesser known history about the Asian community. Seriously, there were just all the surprises, twists and turns, and some pretty awesome movies along the way.

We went fast and there’s a lot of nuances to each of these topics - please take some time to check out the topics that interest you!

General Resources

• A Different Asian American Timeline

• Asian American History Timeline

• IndieWire: Asian-Americans: PBS Documentary Compels Viewers to Honor and Remember

• Asian Americans Then and Now

• Why Do Asian-Americans Remain Largely Unseen in Film and Television?

1920s

• Wikipedia: Bhagat Sing Thind

• Wikipedia: Ozawa v United States

• Justia: United STates v Bhagat Singh Thind

• Harvard University: Asians and Asian Exclusion

1930s

• Washington State University - Immigrant Life: Home, Community, and Social Aspects

• Wikipedia: Watsonville Riots

• Depression Era: 1930s: Watsonville Riots

• Filipino Farm Labor Organization: A Lesson in Filipino Leadership

• Love HK Films - Daughter of Shanghai

1940s

• The real reasons the U.S. became less racist toward Asian Americans

• World War II Homefront Era - Momentous Change for Chinese Americans

• CaliSphere - World War II

• Chinese Americans in San Francisco during World War II

1950s

• Wikipedia: Korean War

• The Representation of Asian War Brides through a Cold War Lens

• Brown University - Korean Military Brides

• The Early Days of the Korean War

• The Pattern of American Society: Treatment of Korean War Brides in the United States Following the Korean War

1960s

• Wikipedia: Vietnam War

• Wikipedia: Red Guard Party

• Looking like the Enemy: Political Identity & the Vietnam War

• In the Belly of the Monster: Asian American Opposition to the Vietnam War

• How Asian-American Radicals Brought “Yellow Power” to Chinatown

• The Asian American Movement

1970s

• Hiroshima - band webpage

• Youtube: Hiroshima - One Wish

• All Music: Hiroshima

1980s

• Wikipedia: Killing of Vincent Chin

• How the 1982 Murder of Vincent Chin Ignited a Push for Asian American Rights

• How Vincent Chin’s Death Gave Others a Voice

• Atlanta Killings Revive Memory of Vincent Chin and Another Time of Anti-Asian Sentiment

• Why Vincent Chin Matters

• Who Is Vincent Chin? The History and Relevance of a 1982 Killing

• Vincent Chin's killers also said his death wasn't about race. Authorities believed them, too.

1990s

• Wikipedia: Mulan

• 20 Years Later, WHat Do We Do With Mulan in 2018?

• (Youtube) Xiran Jay Zhao - Everything Culturally Rignt and Wrong with Mulan 1998

• (Youtube) Xiran Jay Zhao - Everything Culturally Wrong with Mulan 2020

2000s

• Wong Fu Productions

2010s

• Wikipedia: Jeremy Lin

2020s

• The Mental Health Toll of Being a ‘Model Minority’ in 2020

• Asian Americans Are Still Caught in the Trap of the ‘Model Minority’ Stereotype. And It Creates Inequality for All

• Challenging the Model Minority Myth

• This is America: Stop gaslighting me with the Asian ‘model minority’ myth