5 Moments in AANHPI History: Zine + Resources
created by LEO SORIANO-MARTIN for AANHPI Heritage Month
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AFONG MOY
BUFFALO
LEARN MORE: BUFFALO SOLDIERS
LEARN MORE: DAVID FAGEN
BLACK SATURDAY
FERMIN TOBERA WAS KILLED IN WATSONVILLE
LEARN MORE: LARRY ITLONG
LEARN MORE: AANHPI LABOR HISTORY
MY PARENTS CELEBRATED WITH TURKEYS
LEARN MORE: MASHUQ MUSHTUQ DEEN
LEARN MORE: WRITING DRAW A CIRCLE
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THE CONVERSION OF KA’AHUMANU BY VICTORIA NALANI KNEUBUHL
THREE COUNTRIES, ONE MOTHER BY NEEMA BAL AND KATIE BECK
A LANGUAGE OF THEIR OWN BY CHAY YEW
CARRY THE TIGER TO THE MOUNTAIN BY CHERYLENE LEE
MIDDLE BROTHER BY ERIC SHARP
THE KUNG FU ZOMBIES TRILOGY BY SAYMOUKDA DUANGPHOUXAY VONGSAY
INTERSTATE BY MELISSA LI & KIT YAN
HELLS CANYON BY KEIKO GREEN
BLENDED 和 (HARMONY): THE KIM LOO SISTERS CREATED BY JESSICA HUANG & JACINTH GREYWOODE
SIA(B) BY MAY LEE-YANG
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DesBarroga, Jeannie. Buffalo’ed. 2017.
“Black History Month: The Role of Buffalo Soldiers in the Philippines.” AsAmNews. February 2, 2019. https://asamnews.com/2019/02/02/black-history-month-the-role-of-buffalo-soldiers-in-the-philippines/.
“Buffalo Soldiers.” Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. Accessed May 1, 2025. https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/buffalo-soldiers.
Chomet, Sun Mee. “Asiamnesia.” In Asian American Plays for a New Generation, edited by Josephine Lee, Don Eitel, and R. A. Shiomi, 173–204. Temple University Press, 2011.
Davis, Nancy E. “The Life of Afong Moy, the First Chinese Woman in America.” Literary Hub. August 2, 2019. https://lithub.com/the-life-of-afong-moy-the-first-chinese-woman-in-america/
Deen, Mashuq Mushtaq. Draw the Circle. Dramatists Play Services Inc, 2018.
Engle, Sandra. “The Enduring Legacy of Asian American Pacific Islander Workers and Union Leaders.” AFL-CIO. May 3, 2024. https://aflcio.org/2024/5/3/enduring-legacy-asian-american-pacific-islander-workers-and-union-leaders
“History of Racial Injustice: Filipino Farmworkers.” Equal Justice Initiative. March 1, 2015. https://eji.org/news/history-racial-injustice-filipino-farmworkers/
Irshad, Zara. “The life and legacy of Filipino American labor rights leader Larry Itliong.” San Francisco Chronicle. April 3, 2024. https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/larry-itliong-timeline/
Kneubuhl, John. “Think of a Garden.” In Think of a Garden and Other Plays, edited by Vilsoni Hereniko, pp. 2-96. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1997.
“Larry the Musical, an American Journey (Concept Album).” bandcamp. Larry the Musical, April 5, 2025. https://larrythemusical.bandcamp.com/album/larry-the-musical-an-american-journey-concept-album
Morey, Michael. “The 19th-Century African American Soldier Who Fought Filipino Liberation.” Zócalo Public Square. April 16, 2019. https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/19th-century-african-american-solider-fought-filipino-liberation/
Nakhoda, Zein. “Mau opposition to New Zealand rule in Samoa, 1927-1933.” Global Nonviolent Action Database. March 4, 2010. https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/mau-opposition-new-zealand-rule-samoa-1927-1933
Stahl, Aviva. “What I Learned From Writing a Play About My Transition.” VICE. February 13, 2018. https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-i-learned-from-writing-a-play-about-my-transition/
“Tupua Tamasese Lealofi III, -1929.” National Library of New Zealand. Accessed May 1, 2025. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22401715
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We dropped off a few copies at these little free libraries:
Uptown: 2500 Dupont Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55405
Northeast: 2239 NE Arthur St., Minneapolis, MN 55418
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