Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

  • “When I look back, I do realize that I was a little bit too tough.”

    Theresa Nguyen (L) talks to her daughter, Stephanie (R), about balancing their Vietnamese heritage with raising a family in the United States.

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    Recorded in Morrow, GA

  • “I wasn't very nice...”

    87-year-old Kay Wang tells her granddaughter, Chen, and her son, Cheng, about her childhood.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “I wrote President John F. Kennedy an aerogram letter...”

    Lourdes Cereno Markley tells her daughter Julia about coming to the United States.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “Jae Sang Kim was my uncle. He was murdered on June 6, 2005.”

    Ronin Su to his girlfriend, Ada Chan.

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    Recorded in Los Angeles, CA

  • “I said, 'I love you.' And he said, 'Okay.' I wasn't satisfied with that answer.”

    Hee-Sook Lee talks with her daughter, Joyce.

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    Recorded in Los Angeles, CA

  • “When we sing it now it has an added significance.”

    Prianga and Eranga Pieris sing a song about Sri Lanka.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “One day some guy showed up to him and said, 'We're going to make some movie. Can you write a script?'”

    Chin-Ju Li tells his daughter, Julia, about his father, the filmmaker Pingqian Li.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “Then I said, 'Don't you have brothers and sisters and your father?' He says, 'I have no father; I have no mother. So, I have to do this.'”

    Beula Gabriel, who founded a school for underprivileged children in India, tells her daughter, Bix, about one of her students.

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    Recorded in New York, NY




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    Holocaust Days of Remembrance

  • “We got a postcard that my father was alive...”

    Eric Lamet remembers reuniting with his father in Italy, where Eric and his mother lived as Jewish refugees during WWII.

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    Recorded in Miami, FL

  • “And I asked him everything that I ever wanted to ask. I asked him to tell me the real story.”

    Debbie Fisher remembers her father, an Auschwitz survivor.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “I think my family saw them one time on the street, and they wouldn't even talk to them.”

    Yvonne Powell tells her son, Gordon, about the Jewish family that lived downstairs from her in Germany, during World War II.

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    Recorded in New York, NY