Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Stop by the Library during the month of May to visit our display celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

May is National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month!

Stop by the 3rd floor of the Library to view a display highlighting the history, art, literature, culture, and contributions of Asian Pacific Americans.

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month

Tom Kobayashi, Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar, 1943 (photograph by Ansel Adams). Courtesy Library of Congress

The first Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month was signed into law in 1992. "The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants." Library of Congress

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• Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month - Library of Congress 

• May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - San Diego History Center

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Theme for 2011: Leadership to Meet the Challenge of a Changing World

Presidential Proclamation

Resources of Interest:
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen by Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii (1838-1917). Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1898. University of Pennsylvania Digital Library: A Celebration of Women Writers.

Asian Pacific American Heritage : A Companion to Literature and Arts by George Leonard. NY: Garland, 1999. Call Number: Reference PS153.A84 A87 1999. Also available as e-book.

Columbia Guide to Asian American History by Gary Okihiro. NY: Columbia University Press, 2001. Call Number: Stacks E184.O6 C64 2001. Also available as e-book.

Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Press, 2010. Call Number: Reference E184.A75 E53 2010. Available at the Main Library and Otay Mesa Library.

Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. Website. The Library of Congress, 2011.

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