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Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

2022

In 1978, a joint congressional resolution established Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week.

The first 10 days of May were chosen to coincide with two important milestones in Asian/Pacific American history:

  • The arrival in the United States of the first Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843)
  • Contributions of Chinese workers to the building of the transcontinental railroad completed May 10, 1869

In 1992, Congress expanded the observance to a monthlong celebration, now known as Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.

(Source: Census.gov blogpost: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: May 2022)

AAPI month square

Books Highlighting Asian American / Pacific Islander Experience - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Explore over 20 hand-picked book lists for all ages and interests, featuring fiction and non-fiction titles by contemporary authors. Topics range from history and politics to civil rights, from picture books to graphic novels, sci-fi, romance, mystery and more.

link to "Asian and Asian Heritage Romance" booklist

Asian and Asian Heritage Romance

Link to Viet Nam book list

Viet Nam

link to "Asian American Pacific Heritage: Food" book list

Asian American Pacific Heritage: Food

link to Asian in America booklist

Asian in America

link to "Asian and Asian American Authors: eBooks and eAudio" booklist

Asian and Asian American Authors: eBooks and eAudio

Events at the Library

Little Saigon Walking Tour

Writer Kim O'Connell takes us on a journey through a part of Clarendon once named "Little Saigon," drawing on her personal story to tell part of Arlington's history.

The project, “Echoes of Little Saigon,” was made possible with a generous grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) and support from Arlington Cultural Affairs, a division of Arlington Economic Development; Arlington’s Historic Preservation Program in the Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development; and the Arlington County Library’s Center for Local History. Read Kim's writing on her website.

April 25, 2022 by Web Editor

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