But it wasn’t until he started studying history and ethnomusicology for a career in academia that he came across American musicians who looked like him. Saporiti’s mother is an immigrant who fled war ...

Catarina de San Juan’s life reads like an epic – and her extraordinary story is little known. Born in South Asia during the early 17th century, she was captured by the Portuguese at age 8 and sold to ...

Momentum for requiring instruction of Asian American and Pacific Islander history in K-12 curriculum nationwide continues to grow—including in states like Florida where legislation restricts how ...

As Texas leaders work to update the state’s social studies curriculum standards, known as the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills or TEKS, one proposed change is the approval of a high school ...

Part one: Beginnings : Asians in the Americas. Los Chinos in New Spain and Asians in early America ; Coolies -- Part two: The making of Asian America during the age of mass migration and Asian ...

Beth Lew-Williams, who will join the University next year, will become the first professor in Asian-American history. She will teach a course called “Asian-American History” in the spring of 2015. Lew ...

A Wall of History was erected to recall events such as the Chinese Exclusion Act and Japanese American incarceration camps. As a Korean American, Amber Reed didn’t have much education about her ...

Wisconsin teachers will be required to teach Hmong and Asian American history lessons in K-12 schools under a bill signed into law Thursday by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The new law comes after ...

Bangladesh have been long considered underdogs, and have consistently shown resilience and skill over the years. One of their most remarkable performances came against India in the 2012 Asia Cup.

In the midst of a right-wing attack on creating a more inclusive education in the US, Illinois just became the first state to require Asian American history to be taught in public schools. Illinois ...

When Anita Chaiprasert looks back on what she's learned in school, she only remembers a handful of times when Asian American history was mentioned. Chaiprasert said she vaguely recalled being taught ...