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Asian Studies: Asian Americans

Asian Studies

AAPI in New Jersey

Timeline and Stories

Asian American Milestones: Timeline - From History.com
A Different Asian American Timeline
Asian Pacific Heritage Month - Government website hosted by the Library of Congress
The Story Behind Asian Pacific American Heritage, and Why It's Celebrated in May - From NPR
AAPI Heritage People

Asian Americans Data

20.6 Million People in the U.S. Identify as Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander - From the United States Census Bureau, 2022
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: May 2022 - United States Census Bureau
Key facts about Asian origin groups in the U.S.- Pew Research Center
Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the U.S. (STAATUS) Index Report 2022

Books at the Libraries

Asian American Psychology by Gordon C. Nagayama Hall (Editor); Sumie Okazaki (Editor)
Call Number: 155.8 AS42

Publication Date: 2002
The Chinese in America by Iris Chang; Iris Chang
Call Number: 973.0495 CH362

Publication Date: 2004
The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee
Call Number: 973.0495 Le511

Publication Date: 2015

Asian Population in the U.S.

Fun Facts

Asian Americans' History in the US

Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882 - From the National Archives
Japanese American Incarceration -The National WWII Museum
Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States, 1898 - From the National Archives
Legislation Enhancing AAPI Cultural and Education Programs in New Jersey: AAPI-Inclusive Curriculum and the Commission on Asian American Heritage, 2022 - From the New Jersey Department of Education
The State of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Ohio: A Report from the Ohio AAPI Advisory Council, 2013

UCNJ LibGuides at Union College