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Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month on local stages (and abroad)
May 1, 2026
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Fifty years ago, congressional staffer Jeanie Jew attended the bicentennial celebration of the United States—and noticed the absence of recognition given to Asian Americans. Jew was a fourth-generation Chinese American whose great-grandfather had helped build the railroad as an immigrant before being murdered during a period of anti-Chinese violence in Oregon.
She felt certain that [] The post Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month on local stages (and abroad) appeared first on Chicago Reader.
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