Asian Americans

Explore the impact of Asian Americans, the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in the United States, on the country's past, present and future, told through individual lives and personal histories.

Sun, Apr 12 3:00 A.M. Breaking Ground     NHPBS (11.1)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Sun, Apr 12 4:00 A.M. A Question of Loyalty     NHPBS (11.1)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Sun, Apr 19 3:00 A.M. Good Americans     NHPBS (11.1)

Learn how Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a model minority and targeted as the perpetual foreigner during the Cold War.

Sun, Apr 19 4:00 A.M. Generation Rising     NHPBS (11.1)

Follow a young generation's fight for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, claiming a new identity: Asian Americans.

Sat, Apr 25 3:00 A.M. Breaking Through     NHPBS (11.1)

Revisit the turn of the millennium, when Asian Americans are empowered by growing numbers and rising influence but face a reckoning of what it means to be an American in an increasingly polarized society.

Sun, May 3 11:00 P.M. Breaking Ground     NH World (11.3)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Mon, May 4 3:00 A.M. Breaking Ground     NH World (11.3)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Mon, May 4 11:00 A.M. Breaking Ground     NH World (11.3)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Thu, May 7 5:00 A.M. Breaking Ground     NH World (11.3)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Thu, May 7 11:00 A.M. Breaking Ground     NH World (11.3)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Sun, May 10 11:00 P.M. A Question of Loyalty     NH World (11.3)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Mon, May 11 3:00 A.M. A Question of Loyalty     NH World (11.3)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Mon, May 11 11:00 A.M. A Question of Loyalty     NH World (11.3)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Thu, May 14 5:00 A.M. A Question of Loyalty     NH World (11.3)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Thu, May 14 11:00 A.M. A Question of Loyalty     NH World (11.3)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Sun, May 17 11:00 P.M. Good Americans     NH World (11.3)

Learn how Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a model minority and targeted as the perpetual foreigner during the Cold War.

Mon, May 18 3:00 A.M. Good Americans     NH World (11.3)

Learn how Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a model minority and targeted as the perpetual foreigner during the Cold War.

Mon, May 18 11:00 A.M. Good Americans     NH World (11.3)

Learn how Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a model minority and targeted as the perpetual foreigner during the Cold War.

Thu, May 21 5:00 A.M. Good Americans     NH World (11.3)

Learn how Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a model minority and targeted as the perpetual foreigner during the Cold War.

Thu, May 21 11:00 A.M. Good Americans     NH World (11.3)

Learn how Asian Americans are simultaneously heralded as a model minority and targeted as the perpetual foreigner during the Cold War.

Fri, May 22 9:00 P.M. Breaking Ground     NH Explore (11.2)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Fri, May 22 10:00 P.M. A Question of Loyalty     NH Explore (11.2)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Sat, May 23 1:00 A.M. Breaking Ground     NH Explore (11.2)

See how new immigrants from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond, despite anti-Asian laws, still manage to build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen and take their fight for equality to the U.

Sat, May 23 2:00 A.M. A Question of Loyalty     NH Explore (11.2)

Meet the first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans, whose loyalties are tested during WWII.

Sun, May 24 11:00 P.M. Generation Rising     NH World (11.3)

Follow a young generation's fight for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, claiming a new identity: Asian Americans.


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