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Ethnic #Chinese #Malaysian Americans, on the other hand, might celebrate China's three important holidays: the #Chinese New Year, the Feast of the Hungry Ghosts, and the Moon Cake Festival

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 54m

In 1948, the California Supreme Court ruled in Perez v. Sharp that the miscegenation law violated individual civil rights, thus freeing #Filipinos to marry whomever they pleased.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 1h

The Women's Rights and Information Center in Bergenline, New Jersey, offers counseling to help Latinas take advantage of opportunities open to them, in part by providing advice about work, education, housing, and legal matters.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 1h

In 1941 an anthropologist interviewed an entire community of several hundred #Navajos and could not find even one adult over the age of 35 who had not received traditional medical care from a "singer," a #Navajo medicine man called a Hataali.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 2h

In 1949 both nations joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and thereafter jointly operated several military installations in Greenland

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 2h

In 1943, about 200 Nisei at the Heart Mountain concentration camp in Wyoming formed the Fair Play Committee (FPC) to resist conscription into the armed services

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 3h

Other than speaking out on issues and encouraging members to vote and be involved in the political process, #Mormon leaders do not officially support any political party.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 3h

In 1947, President Truman ended racial segregation in the military and the #Filipino replaced African Americans in mess halls

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 4h

The word #Cherokee is believed to have evolved from a #Choctaw word meaning "Cave People." It was picked up and used by Europeans and eventually accepted and adopted by #Cherokees in the form of Tsalagi or Jalagi

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 5h

there are a few Muslim schools in New Jersey and Washington, D.C. However, because of the emphasis on higher education, Muslims attending these schools tend to join regular school systems beyond the primary level.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 5h

The Wheeler-Howard Act subverts traditional Native forms of government and imposes upon Native people an alien system, which is something of a mix of American corporate and governmental structures

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 6h

The boort was a #Bulgarian-owned boardinghouse that allowed groups of immigrant men to save money by living together and pooling their household duties and expenses

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 7h

The West, as reported in the 1990 Census, had 991,572, or 68.4 % of the #Filipinos.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 8h

The White Mountain #Apache host The #Apache Tribal Fair, which usually occurs on Labor Day weekend, at White River, Arizona

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 9h

The Orden Hijos de América (Order of the Sons of America), established in 1921 in San Antonio, Texas, by members of a small emerging middle class, restricted its goals to that of "training members for citizenship."

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 10h

there are a number of #Maltese influences in United States culture. For instance, many people are familiar with the #Maltese, a tiny fluffy white dog.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 10h

The women's organization, the Relief Society, sponsored maternal and child health programs. It also held milk clinics and organized "Swat the Fly" campaigns.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 11h

The Black population in the United States grew by 33%, more than 12 million, between 2000 and 2023

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 11h

The jaanti is the procession to the bride's home for the swaymber, the main wedding ceremony. Traditionally, a marching band performs. In the United States, however, friends of the bride or groom improvise with a few drums and other instruments.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 11h

Before World War II, #Japanese Americans in Seattle operated 206 hotels, 140 grocery stores, 94 cleaning establishments, 64 market stands and 57 wholesale produce houses. After World War II, only a handful of these businesses remained

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 12h

Entry statistics show that, prior to World War I, the vast majority of #Australians and #NewZealanders who came to America did so as visitors en route to England.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 12h

The early #Sicilian immigrants attempted to duplicate traditional #Sicilian family patterns in the New World. Men continued to exert the greater share of authority, at least on the surface, while the women ran the households

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 13h

Before the turn of the twentieth century at least 16 #Spanish-language newspapers were established in Los Angeles

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 13h

Empanadas —pockets of dough filled with meat or cheese, onions, olives, raisins, hardboiled eggs, and spices that are baked or fried—are one of the favorite traditional foods of #Chilean Americans

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 13h

The diversity lottery is conducted under the terms of Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and makes available 50,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 14h

In 1841 slaves being moved from Virginia to Louisiana seized the brig #Creole and land in the Bahamas, which as a British colony had already abolished slavery. They were granted asylum; paid $119,000 to the original owners of the slaves

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 14h

Before the priesthood revelation, there was an informal rule in many #Mormon missions that they should not recruit blacks. As a result, only a limited number of African Americans joined.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 15h

Established in 1948, the G.I. Forum emerged to protest the refusal of cemeteries and mortuaries in Three Rivers, Texas, to bury the body of a #Mexican American World War II veteran.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 15h

The divisions of labor and professions for those #Uruguayan Americans living in the United States were not determined officially by the U.S. government census figures.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 16h

A result of the recruitment tactics of the agribusiness industry in Hawaii and the West Coast, the pre-World War II #Filipino Community was made up mostly of single, uneducated men, with few or no relatives in the United States

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 16h

In 1842 Frederick Douglass made his first appearance in print as he agitated for the freedom of George W Latimer, an escaped slave

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 17h

A recent study found that on both the Fort #Apache Reservation and the San Carlos Reservation, alcohol was a factor in more than 85 % of the major crimes

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 17h

Employers who hire #Hmong Americans generally hold high opinions of them. Most employers and managers who have experience with members of this group praise them for their hard work and honesty.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 18h

The earliest #Maltese settlers in the United States came in the mid-eighteenth century, mostly to New Orleans.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 18h

Before the Nez Percé acquired horses in the early 1700s, they lived in semi-subterranean pit houses covered with branches and earth.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 18h

Established in Texas in 1970, the LRU had remarkable successes. Most notable were the party's achievements in Crystal City, Texas, a community of approximately 10,000 where many LRU candidates won control of the city council and the school board

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 19h

The earliest #Tibetans immigrating to the United States were classified as "other Asian," and immigration records show that between 1881 and 1890, 1,910 "other Asians" were admitted

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 19h

A provision of the 1947 US-RP Military Bases Agreement allowed the Navy to recruit #Filipino men for its mess halls.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 20h

Emigration of male native #Hawaiians to the west coast of the United States occurred during the California Gold Rush.

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EqualiSource @equalisource.bsky.social · 20h

Beginning in 1852, the Hawaii sugar plantation owners imported #Chinese laborers. In many ways, this "coolie" trade resembled the African slave trade.

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