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Internet Links: Asian Pacific American History
Introduction

Asian American Arts Alliance: Calendar of Events
http://www.aaartsalliance.org/HTML/calendarEventsAll.html
Asian Pacific American cultural events in New York City, including music, dance, visual art and performance, updated bi-weekly by Asian American Arts Alliance.
Asian American History Curricula
http://www.cetel.org/res.html
Compiled by Center for Educational Telecommunications (CET), a non-profit organization, this online resource lists various historical/cultural projects about Asian Pacific American history that are useful in classrooms. It also provides links to (mostly west coast based) Asian Pacific American organizations.
Asian Pacific American Resources On-line
http://www.hist.umn.edu/~erikalee/aahist.html#GeneralAAH
A comprehensive list of online resources and APA organization websites, compiled by a history professor at University of Minnesota. It also breaks down the resources by specific ethnicity within the community (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Philipino, Hawaiian, South Asian and Southeast Asian). Useful census reports are also included.
Digital History: Asian American Voices
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/asian_voices/asian_voices.cfm
An extensive timeline of Asian Pacific American history, accompanied by primary source documents such as the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and the Executive Order 9066 signed by FDR for the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
Directory of Asian Pacific American Organizations
http://www.asiansinamerica.org/directory/dir_s_ny.html
A directory of NYC-based Asian Pacific American organizations by category--Art & Culture, Health & Social Services, Gay & Lesbian, Political Empowerment and Youth & Education.