Tag: Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Posted onAuthorErica Bruchko

In May 1968, in an apartment in Berkeley California, two graduate students, Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee, met to discuss the formation of a new activist organization composed of students of Asian descent. From these conversations emerged the Asian American Political Alliance and with it the first recorded use of the term Asian American. (For Read More …

The social and political activism of the Asian American movement

Posted onAuthorLawrence P. HamblinLeave a comment

During Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage (AAPIH) Month in May, Emory Libraries will take a look at AAPI history in the US and our Libraries’ relevant resources. Despite a long history of immigrants from Asia contributing to the economy, culture, and history of the United States, the term “Asian American” is more recent than Read More …