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Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Pic of the Week: The Korean War Veterans Memorial on the 80th anniversary of the armistice signing, along with the recently completed Wall of Remembrance.
Posted in: Pic of the Week, Asian American History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Month, when the Law Library celebrates the accomplishments that Asian and Pacific Islander Americans have made to American history, society and law. Dr. Mabel Ping Hua Lee, a twentieth-century Chinese American economist, was also a suffragist and a women’s rights advocate who worked within the Chinese American community …
Posted in: Law Library, Asian American History, Women's History
Posted by: Anna Price
A blog post about the Supreme Court's opinion in Chew Heong v. United States and related federal statutes and treaties.
Posted in: Law Library, Guest Post, Asian American History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This blog post, part 2 in a series, discusses the coram nobis proceeding relating to Fred Korematsu's earlier conviction as a nisei prisoner of a Japanese internment camp in the United States during WWII.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Asian American History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post covers background information related to Japanese internment camps, Fred Korematsu's circumstances that brought him to the case, and an overview of Korematsu v United States and 2 related cases.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Asian American History
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
Second part of a blog post detailing the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Guest Post, Asian American History
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
First part of a blog post detailing the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Posted in: Law Library, Collections, Guest Post, Asian American History
Posted by: Kelly Goles
A picture of the week featuring the Korean War Memorial in Baltimore, Maryland.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week, Asian American History
Posted by: Bailey DeSimone
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and we want to dedicate this month’s From the Serial Set post to the peoples of Asia and the Pacific Islands who enriched U.S. history and culture. Today, we’ll be sharing highlights from the narrative of Commodore Perry’s journey from the Chesapeake Bay to the Edo …
Posted in: Law Library, Ask A Librarian, Asian American History, Pacific Islander History