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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (May)

May has been designated Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. This guide provides resources that highlight the history and contributions of Asian and Pacific Islanders.

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A young girl in San Francisco's Chinatown. Photographer: Carol M. Highsmith.

 

Dancers of the Filipino-American Association of Greater Columbia, SC,perform a traditional Filipino dance during an Asian/Pacific AmericanHeritage Month celebration May 24, 2016 at Naval Health Clinic Charleston. (Navy photo/Hospitalman 3rd Class Robert Jackson)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Dancers of the Filipino-American Association of Greater Columbia, SC, perform a traditional Filipino dance during an Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month celebration on May 24, 2016 at Naval Health Clinic Charleston." (Navy photo/Hospitalman 3rd Class Robert Jackson) 

 

A committee volunteer writes the name of an attendee in Korean caligraphy at the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage event at the Event Center on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 18, 2018. The event helped inform base members about the different cultures during AAPIH month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Aryn Lockhart/Released)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"A committee volunteer writes the name of an attendee in Korean caligraphy at the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage event at the Event Center on Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, May 18, 2018. The event helped inform base members about the different cultures during AAPIH month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Aryn Lockhart/Released)"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Breathing Flower lotus installation by Korean artist Choi Jeong Hwa

Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Art piece in front of the San Francisco City Hall, San Francisco, California. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013630044/>.