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“ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, 2012”
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“ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, 2012”
please go to our Latest Proclamation page or click here.
Hollywood Farce
Who was the Swedish American actor that played a multitude of Asian character movie rolls?
Warner Oland, a native of Nyby, Sweden, was born Johan Verner Ölund on October 3, 1879, and emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1892. His first acting experience was in the theater, where he also was proficient in set design.
Warner Oland, a native of Nyby, Sweden, was born Johan Verner Ölund on October 3, 1879, and emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1892. His first acting experience was in the theater, where he also was proficient in set design.
Film work began for him in 1912, and he soon became a successful character actor, specializing in playing “heavies.” His features suited believable portrayals of Orientals, and he was a fine choice as Twentieth Century Fox’s first Charlie Chan.
This portion of the full article by Dr. Cream was taken from CHARLIECHAN.net. To see the full article or web site click here.
May is
ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH
ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH
About Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A rather broad term, Asian-Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).
Like most commemorative months, Asian-Pacific Heritage Month originated in a congressional bill. In June 1977, Reps. Frank Horton of New York and Norman Y. Mineta of California introduced a House resolution that called upon the president to proclaim the first ten days of May as Asian-Pacific Heritage Week. The following month, senators Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga introduced a similar bill in the Senate. Both were passed. On October 5, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed a Joint Resolution designating the annual celebration. Twelve years later, President George H.W. Bush signed an extension making the week-long celebration into a month-long celebration. In 1992, the official designation of May as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month was signed into law.
The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants.
Executive and Legislative Documents
The Law Library of Congress has compiled guides to commemorative observations, including a comprehensive inventory of the Public Laws, Presidential Proclamations and congressional resolutions related to Asian Pacific Heritage Month.
About the site this article was taken from:
This Web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A rather broad term, Asian-Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia (New Guinea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Marianas, Guam, Wake Island, Palau, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru and the Federated States of Micronesia) and Polynesia (New Zealand, Hawaiian Islands, Rotuma, Midway Islands, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Easter Island).
Like most commemorative months, Asian-Pacific Heritage Month originated in a congressional bill. In June 1977, Reps. Frank Horton of New York and Norman Y. Mineta of California introduced a House resolution that called upon the president to proclaim the first ten days of May as Asian-Pacific Heritage Week. The following month, senators Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga introduced a similar bill in the Senate. Both were passed. On October 5, 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed a Joint Resolution designating the annual celebration. Twelve years later, President George H.W. Bush signed an extension making the week-long celebration into a month-long celebration. In 1992, the official designation of May as Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month was signed into law.
The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants.
Executive and Legislative Documents
The Law Library of Congress has compiled guides to commemorative observations, including a comprehensive inventory of the Public Laws, Presidential Proclamations and congressional resolutions related to Asian Pacific Heritage Month.
About the site this article was taken from:
This Web portal is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
The Top 10 Facts About Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
What You Should Know About America’s Fastest-Growing Racial Group
By Rachel Wilf, Abigail Ridley-Kerr | May 3, 2012
By Rachel Wilf, Abigail Ridley-Kerr | May 3, 2012
Taken from: Center for American Progress
<http://www.americanprogress.org/issues
/2012/05/aapi_facts.html>
<http://www.americanprogress.org/issues
/2012/05/aapi_facts.html>
As we enter the month of May, which is nationally recognized as Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we take a close look at the Asian American and Pacific Islander population in the United States, one of the fastest-growing racial groups in our country. This month we should celebrate the many ways this rapidly growing community is contributing to our future prosperity.
For the 10 interesting facts about the strength and diversity of this population please click here.