This five-part series traces the story of Asian Americans, spanning 150 years of immigration, racial politics, international relations, and cultural innovation. It is a timely, clear-eyed look at the vital role that Asian Americans have played in defining who we are as a nation. Their stories are a celebration of the grit and resilience of a people that reflects the experience of all Americans.
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Air Date: 2020-05-11
In an era of exclusion and U.S. empire, new immigrants arrive from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond. B...
Air Date: 2020-05-11
An American-born generation straddles their country of birth and their parents’ homelands in Japan and Korea. Those l...
Air Date: 2020-05-12
During the Cold War years, Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a Model Minority, and targeted as the perpe...
Air Date: 2020-05-12
During a time of war and social tumult, a young generation fights for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the ...
Air Date: 2020-05-13
At the turn of the new millennium, the national conversation turns to immigration, race, and economic disparity. As ...