'If we knew that Asian Americans were a crucial thread in our nation -- that Asian American history is American history -- then we wouldn't have these escalating anti-Asian attacks.'
"Our America: Because I Am' shines a light on the nearly 25 million Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders living in the U.S.
"It is so necessary at this time that our communities are recognized, they're included, and that we're not going to stand for any hate," Lam said. Wong Kim Ark challenged the Chinese Exclusion Act and took his case to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1898. He won the right for birthright citizenship.The federal government sent Yuri Kochiyama as a child to an incarceration camp for being Japanese American during World War II. She would later join both Blacks and Asians during the civil rights movement.
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