IHRC Conference Program Final v3

. Welcome! .
We're thrilled to welcome you to the University of Minnesota for the
Immigrant America: New Immigration Histories from 1965 to 2015
Conference!
On the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of the 1965 Immigration and
Nationality Act, we aim to explore the connections between
contemporary and historical migrations and communities in the U.S. The
timing could not be better. Immigration has once again become a hotly
debated topic and is one of the most important issues in the 2016
presidential campaign. And of course it's not just the United States that is
debating immigration. With people fleeing war, instability, persecution,
and violence around the world, migration and its consequences are
central issues facing every region.
This gathering is important for another reason: the Immigration History
Research Center (IHRC) and the Immigration and Ethnic History Society
(IEHS) are also celebrating their fiftieth anniversaries, and this
conference celebrates the beginning of the next half-century of
scholarship.
Thank you for coming and for participating!
Conference Executive Committee
Erika Lee, Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History and Director,
Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Maria Cristina Garcia, Howard A. Newman Professor of American
Studies, Cornell University and President, Immigration and Ethnic
History Society
Hasia R. Diner, Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish
History and Director, Goren-Goldstein Center for American Jewish
History, New York University
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. Conference at a Glance .
Friday, October 23, 2015
7:30am - 8:30am: Registration and Breakfast
8:30am - 9:00am: Welcome
9:15am - 10:30am: Opening Plenary: Change and Continuity in Post1965 Migration: New Perspectives and Research
10:30am - 10:45am: Coffee Break
10:45am - 12:00pm: Session One Concurrent Panels
12:15pm - 1:45pm: Lunch and Keynote
Professor Hiroshi Motomura, UCLA Law: How the 1965 Immigration
Act Changed America: The Planned, the Unforeseen, and the Profound
2:00pm - 3:15pm: Session Two Concurrent Panels
3:15pm - 3:30pm: Coffee Break
3:30pm - 4:45pm: Session Three Breakouts
6:00pm - 8:30pm: IHRC Archives Exhibit
People on the Move: 50 Years of Documenting and Researching
Migration Experiences at the Immigration History Research Center &
Archives and Conference Dinner (Must Pre-Register), Immigration
History Research Center and Archives, Elmer L. Andersen Library
Dean Eric Schwartz, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs,
University of Minnesota: The World's Humanitarian and Migration
Crises: Desiterata for a New Administration
Saturday, October 24, 2015
8:30am - 9:00am: Coffee and Breakfast
9:00am - 10:15am: Session Four Concurrent Panels
10:15am - 10:30am: Coffee Break
10:30am - 11:45am: Session Five Concurrent Panels
12:00pm - 1:15pm: Lunch and Invited Panel: Looking Back to Look
Forward: Reflections on the Teaching and Writing of Immigration
History
1:30pm - 2:45pm: Session Six Concurrent Panels
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Note: The Refreshment Break and Closing Plenary will take place at
the University Recreation & Wellness Center-Multipurpose Room 5
(see directions on page 40).
2:45pm - 3:15pm: Refreshment Break
3:15pm - 4:30pm: Closing Plenary: Politics, Policies, and the Realities
of Post-1965 migration: The Necessity of Interdisciplinary and
Intersectional Approaches.
. About the Immigration History Research Center .
Founded in 1965, the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) aims
to transform the way we understand immigration in the past and present.
Along with its partner, the IHRC Archives (University Libraries), it is
the oldest and largest interdisciplinary research center and archives
devoted to preserving and understanding immigrant and refugee life in
North America.
We promote interdisciplinary research on migration, race, and ethnicity
in the United States and the world through monthly seminars and
research grants. We connect U.S. immigration history research to
contemporary immigrant and refugee communities through our
Immigrant Stories project. We advance public dialogue about
immigration with timely programs that draw audiences from around the
corner and around the world. We support teaching and learning at all
levels, and develop archives documenting immigrant and refugee
experiences for future generations. Learn more at: www.cla.umn.edu/ihrc
. About the Immigration and Ethnic History Society .
Founded in 1965, the Society promotes the study of the history of
immigration to North America from all parts of the world. Its mission
statement (www.iehs.org) lists several additional goals: to promote the
study of ethnic groups in the US, including regional groups, native
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Americans and forced immigrants; to promote understanding of the
processes of acculturation and of conflict; to furnish through the IEHS
Newsletter information on research, meetings and publications in the
field; to help organize sessions on immigration and ethnicity at meetings
of learned societies; and generally to serve the field of immigrationethnic history with special reference to professional scholarship.
In addition to the semiannual Newsletter, the Society publishes the
quarterly Journal of American Ethnic History. It holds an annual meeting
and dinner in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Organization of
American Historians. It organizes sessions at academic conferences and
sponsors awards for outstanding books, articles, and dissertation
research.
. Conference Committee .
Lead Organizers
Erika Lee
Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History and Director,
Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
Maria Cristina Garcia
Howard A. Newman Professor of American Studies and Professor,
Department of History and the Latino Studies Program, Cornell
University, President, Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Hasia R. Diner
Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History and
Director, Goldstein-Goren Center for American Jewish History, New
York University, 2012-2015 President, Immigration and Ethnic History
Society
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Program Committee
John J. Bukowczyk, Professor of History & Editor, Journal of American
Ethnic History, Wayne State University
Ellen Engseth. Curator, IHRC Archives and Head, Migration and Social
Services Collections, Archives and Special Collections, University of
Minnesota
Michael Innis-Jiménez. Associate Professor, Department of American
Studies, University of Alabama
Maddalena Marinari, Assistant Professor. Department of History,
Gustavus Adolphus College
Saengmany Ratsabout, Program Coordinator, Immigration History
Research Center, University of Minnesota
Evan Taparata, PhD Student, Department of History, University of
Minnesota
Conference Staff
Emily Janisch, Events Coordinator, Institute for Global Studies,
University of Minnesota
Melissa Kwon, Conference Consultant, Immigration History Research
Center, University of Minnesota
Rachel Hanson, Events Coordinator, Institute for Global Studies,
University of Minnesota
. Constitution Day .
This event marks the University of Minnesota's observance of
Constitution Day, which commemorates the signing of the U.S.
Constitution and recognizes all who, by coming of age or by
naturalization, have become citizens.
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. Keynote Speakers .
Keynote Speaker (Friday, October 23rd, Lunch)
Hiroshi Motomura, University of
California, Los Angeles School of
Law
How the 1965 Immigration Act
Changed America: The Planned,
the Unforeseen, and the Profound.
Hiroshi Motomura is the
Susan Westerberg Prager Professor
of Law at UCLA. His book,
Americans in Waiting (2006)
received the Association of
American Publishers PROSE
Award as the year’s best book in
Law and Legal Studies, and his new book, Immigration Outside the Law
(2014), won the same award in 2015. He is also the co-author of
Immigration and Citizenship: Process and Policy (7th ed. 2012) and
Forced Migration: Law and Policy (2d ed. 2013). Hiroshi received the
UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award in 2014, and he is one of 26 law
professors nationwide profiled in What the Best Law Teachers Do
(2013).
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Keynote Speaker (Friday, October 23rd, Conference Dinner)
Eric Schwartz, Professor and
Dean, Hubert H. Humphrey
School of Public Affairs,
University of Minnesota
The World's Humanitarian and
Migration Crises: Desiterata for a
New Administration
Eric Schwartz became
dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey
School of Public Affairs at the
University of Minnesota in October 2011. For 30 years, he has served in
senior public service positions in government, at the United Nations, in
the philanthropic and non-governmental communities and in academia.
Prior to his arrival in Minnesota, he was U.S. Assistant Secretary
of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, having been nominated
by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2009. Working
with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he served as the Department of
State’s principal humanitarian official, managing State Department
policy and programs for U.S. refugee admissions and international
assistance worldwide. Previous appointments include Executive Director
of the Connect U.S. Fund, a multi-foundation – NGO collaborative
seeking to promote responsible U.S. engagement overseas, UN
Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami
Recovery, Chief of Office at the Office of the UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights in Geneva, Senior Director and Special Assistant to
the President for Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs at the National
Security Council at the White House, Staff Consultant to the U.S. House
of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific
Affairs, and Washington Director of the human rights organization Asia
Watch (now known as Human Rights Watch-Asia). Schwartz holds a law
degree from New York University School of Law and a Master of Public
Affairs degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs Princeton University.
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. Invited Welcoming Remarks .
Karen Hanson, Senior Vice
President for Academic Affairs
and Provost, University of
Minnesota (Welcoming Remarks,
Conference Dinner)
Senior Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Provost
Karen Hanson began her post at the
University on February 1, 2012.
Provost Hanson’s arrival at
the University of Minnesota was a
homecoming for her. She received
her bachelor of arts, summa cum laude, in philosophy and mathematics
here in 1970. She went on to earn both her master’s and doctoral degrees
in philosophy from Harvard University in 1980. Prior to returning to
Minnesota, Hanson served as provost at the Bloomington campus of
Indiana University and executive vice president of that university from
July 2007 to January 2012.
Provost Hanson’s research interests are in the philosophy of
mind, ethics and aesthetics, and American philosophy. She has published
many articles and essays in these areas and is the author of the book The
Self Imagined: Philosophical Reflections on the Social Character of
Psyche and a co-editor of the book Romantic Revolutions: Criticism and
Theory.
She has twice been elected to the executive committee of the
Central Division of the American Philosophical Association (APA) and
to the APA National Board of Officers. She served as chair of the APA
board from 2004 to 2005. Hanson has been an associate editor of the
Journal of Social Philosophy, a member of the editorial board of
American Philosophical Quarterly and a trustee for the American
Society for Aesthetics. Her current editorial board memberships include
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews and Cognitio.
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John Coleman, Dean, College of
Liberal Arts, University of
Minnesota (Welcoming Remarks)
John Coleman is dean of the
College of Liberal Arts and a
professor of political science. Before
coming to CLA in 2014, Dean
Coleman was chair of the political
science department and a Lyons
Family Faculty Fellow at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
where he taught for over 20 years. He
received the Chancellor's
Distinguished Teaching Award and
other awards for his teaching, research, and academic service and
leadership.
Prior to his time at UW-Madison, he held positions at the
University of Texas at Austin and the Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration.
Dean Coleman is a nationally recognized scholar and the author
or editor of seven books on American politics and government and over
two dozen articles in edited volumes and major journals. His research
interests include political parties, elections and voting, legislativeexecutive relations, divided government, campaign finance, and the
intersection of politics and economics. Frequently consulted by both
government entities and media outlets for his expertise on American
politics, he also has served as an expert witness and consultant on
campaign finance, government accountability, and legislative
communications.
A Massachusetts native, Dean Coleman earned a PhD in political
science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA summa
cum laude in government and history from Clark University.
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. Plenary Session Participants .
Opening Plenary: Change and Continuity in Post-1965 Migration:
New Perspectives and Research
Room: Pinnacle Ballroom
Moderator: Maria Cristina Garcia is
Professor of History at Cornell University. She
is the author of Seeking Refuge: Central
American Migration to Mexico, the United
States, and Canada; Havana USA: Cuban Exiles
and Cuban Americans in South Florida; and
Refuge in Post-Cold War America
(forthcoming). Garcia is President of the
Immigration and Ethnic History Society.
Pawan Dhingra is Professor and Chair of
Sociology and Professor of American Studies at
Tufts University. He was a curator of the
Smithsonian Institution exhibition, Beyond
Bollywood: Asian Indian Americans Shape the
Nation. He is an award-winning author and a
board member of the South Asian American
Digital Archive.
Marilyn Halter is Professor of History and
American Studies at Boston University. Her
most recent books include African & American:
West Africans in Post-Civil Rights America
(with Violet Showers Johnson) and the co-edited
collection, What's New about the “New”
Immigration? Traditions and Transformations in
the United States since 1965.
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Marilynn Johnson is Professor of History at
Boston College where she teaches modern U.S.
urban and social history. Her book, The New
Bostonians: How Immigrants Have Transformed
the Metro Region Since the 1960s, was recently
published. She is co-editor of What’s New About
the “New” Immigration to the U.S.
David Reimers, is professor emeritus at New
York University. He first wrote about the Hart
Celler Act in 1985 (Still the Golden Door: the
Third World Comes to America.) He is currently
working on a second edition of All the Nations
Under Heaven; A History of the Peoples of New
York City.
Closing Plenary: Politics, Policies, and the Realities of Post-1965
migration: The Necessity of Interdisciplinary and Intersectional
Approaches
Room: University Recreation and Wellness Center- Multipurpose
Room 5 (see directions on page 40)
Moderator: Erika Lee is the Rudolph J.
Vecoli Chair in Immigration History and
Director of the Immigration History
Research Center at the University of
Minnesota. She is the award-winning author
of At America’s Gates: Chinese Immigration
during the Exclusion Era; Angel Island:
Immigrant Gateway to America; and The
Making of Asian America: A History.
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Sharmila Rudrappa is an Asian Americanist
and sociologist of gender at the University of
Texas at Austin. She is author of several articles
on information technology guest workers in the
U.S., and reproductive labor in India. Her most
recent publication is Discounted Life: The Price
of Global Surrogacy in India.
Lisa Sun-Hee Park is Professor of Asian
American Studies at the University of
California, Santa Barbara. She received her
doctorate in sociology at Northwestern
University. Her research interests include
migration, race, social policy, and environmental
justice. She is continuing her research on the
politics of immigrant health care access.
Gilberto Rosas is Associate Professor of
Anthropology and Latin@ Studies at the
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Currently, he is the Senior Research Fellow Unit
for Criticism and Interpretive Theory and the
Co-Director of the Borders and Migrations in the
Americas Research Cluster.
John D. Marquez is Associate Professor of
African American Studies and Latina-Latino
Studies at Northwestern University. His
scholarship on racial/colonial violence,
neoliberalism, globalization, activist solidarity,
and political theory has been published in
academic journals such as American Quarterly,
Latino Studies, and Subjectivity and in various
edited volumes.
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. Conference Schedule .
Friday, October 23, 2015
The University of Minnesota Bookstore will sell select recent books by
conference presenters from 9:00am to 2:00pm in the Pinnacle Ballroom.
7:30am - 8:30am: Registration and Breakfast
8:30am - 9:00am: Welcome
Pinnacle Ballroom
Welcoming Remarks by Erika Lee, Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair
in Immigration History and Director, Immigration History
Research Center, University of Minnesota
Welcoming Remarks by Maria Cristina Garcia, Howard A.
Newman Professor of American Studies and Professor,
Department of History and the Latino Studies Program, Cornell
University; President, Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Welcoming Remarks by Dean John Coleman, College of
Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota
9:15am - 10:30am: Opening Plenary
Pinnacle Ballroom
Change and Continuity in Post-1965 Migration: New
Perspectives and Research
Moderator: Maria Cristina Garcia, Cornell University
Pawan Dhingra, Tufts University
Marilyn Halter, Boston University
Marilynn Johnson, Boston College
David Reimers, New York University
10:30am - 10:45am: Coffee Break
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Pinnacle Ballroom
10:45am - 12:00pm: Session One Concurrent Panels
African and African American Migrations Past and Present
Inventor 3
Chair & Discussant: Ira Berlin, University of Maryland,
College Park
Violet Johnson, Texas A&M University
Keith Mayes, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Ahmed Yusuf, Minneapolis Public Schools
Mega Session: An Assessment of the 1965 Immigration Act and
the Future of Immigration Policy in the U.S.
(Sponsored by the Minnesota Population Center, Humphrey
School of Public Affairs, and the Department of Sociology,
University of Minnesota)
Think 4
Chair: Ryan Allen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Discussant: Jack DeWaard, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
Doug Hartmann, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Charles Hirshman, University of Washington
Guillermina Jasso, New York University
Douglas Massey, Princeton University
Contesting Histories and Historiographies
Inventor 1
Chair: Barbara Posadas, Northern Illinois University
Discussant: Scott Wong, Williams College
Christopher Capozzola, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
Justin Garcia, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Elisa Minoff, University of South Florida
Jose G. Moreno, Estralla Mountain Community College
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New Research from the Minnesota School of Immigration and
Refugee Studies
(Sponsored by the Immigration History Research Center)
Think 3
Chair: Ellen Engseth, University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities
Discussant: Joel Wurl, National Endowment for the
Humanities
Andrew Urban, Rutgers University
Chia Youyee Vang, University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee
Elizabeth Venditto, University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities
The Politics of Adoptions
Inventor 2
Chair & Discussant: Richard Lee, University of
Minnesota, Twin Cities
Kori Graves, University at Albany, State
University of New York
Ming-Syuan Jhong, Texas Tech University
Andrea Louie, Michigan State University
Elizabeth Raleigh, Carleton College
12:15pm - 1:45pm: Lunch and Keynote
Pinnacle Ballroom
Hiroshi Motomura, University of California, Los Angeles
School of Law: How the 1965 Immigration Act Changed
America: The Planned, the Unforeseen, and the Profound
2:00pm - 3:15pm: Session Two Concurrent Panels
Citizenship and Belonging
Inventor 2
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Chair: Bianet Castellanos, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
Discussant: Barbara Welke, University of
Minnesota, Twin Cities
Ryan Allen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Jennifer Cullison, University of Colorado
Dominique Jean-Louis, New York University
Kaaz Naqvi, Blake School
Compromised Reforms?: Paving the Path to the Failings of 1965
in the Postwar Years
Think 3
Chair & Discussant: Madeline Hsu, University of Texas,
Austin
Adam Goodman, University of Southern California
Stephanie Hinnershitz, Valdosta State University
Heather Lee, MIT/Brown
Maddalena Marinari, Gustavus Adolphus College
Defining "Refugees," "Immigrants," and "Citizens":
Interrogating the Politics of U.S. Refugee Policies
Inventor 3
Chair & Discussant: Maria Cristina Garcia, Cornell
University
A. Naomi Paik, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign
Sharon Park, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Evan Taparata, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Reflections on Latino History and Immigrant Rights: The
Bracero Program, Chicano Struggle and Sanctuary Movement in
Twentieth Century America
Think 4
Chair & Discussant: Michael Innis-Jimenez, University
of Alabama
Alina Mendez, University of California, San Diego
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Jimmy Patiño, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Chantel Rodriguez, University of Maryland, College
Park
Scandinavian Entanglements and Indigenous Peoples
Inventor 1
Moderator: Brenda Child, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
Betty Ann Bergland, University of Wisconsin, River
Falls
Dag Blanck, Uppsala University
Gunlög Fur, Linnaeus University
Karen V. Hansen, Brandeis University
3:15pm - 3:30pm: Coffee Break
Pinnacle Ballroom
3:30pm - 4:45pm: Session Three Breakouts (interactive sessions
highlighting new approaches, research methodologies, and a special
performance)
Asian American Theater Turns 50: Staged Readings
Think 4
1965 marks not only passage of pivotal immigration reform, but
also the founding of the first Asian American theater company,
Los Angeles-based East West Players. This session
commemorates 50+ years of Asian American theater with
readings from Ling-Ai (Gladys) Li’s Submission of Rose Moy
(1927), Hiroshi Kashiwagi’s Laughter and False Teeth (1954),
Soon-Tek Oh’s Tondemonai—Never Happen (1970), Frank
Chin’s Chickencoop Chinaman (1972), and Wakako Yamauchi’s
And the Soul Shall Dance (1977). Please join us for an exciting
opportunity to see these works performed by actors affiliated
with Mu Performing Arts, a nationally-recognized Twin Citiesbased Asian American theater company.
Sun Mee Chomet, Mu Performing Arts
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Su-Yoon Ko, Mu Performing Arts
Randy Reyes, Mu Performing Arts
Eric Sharp, Mu Performing Arts
Collaborative Curation: Shifting Paradigms in Public History
Inventor 1
This panel explores how new public history initiatives seek to
engage diverse communities in curating their histories with
museums, universities and archives. Chris Taylor will discuss the
creation of a department of diversity and inclusion at the
Minnesota Historical Society, the first of its kind in the nation.
Professor Lee Pao Xiong will talk about founding the Center for
Hmong Studies at Concordia University. Andy Wilhide will
discuss how new technologies can encourage community-scholar
archive projects. Panelists will explore some of the opportunities
and challenges in collaborative curation with diverse
communities.
Chris Taylor, Minnesota Historical Society
Anduin Wilhide, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Lee Pao Xiong, Concordia University
Digital Storytelling
Inventor 3
Digital stories are first-person narratives and multimedia
presentations that combine digitized still images, video clips,
voiceover narration and music. Creators of digital stories make
sense of the world through inquiry, self-reflection and
perspective-taking. Through a process that is out of necessity
audience-centered and cooperative, digital storytelling promotes
development of the self, civic engagement, deeper engagement
with course content, and engagement with technology in more
sophisticated ways. This session will be interactive and
participants are encouraged to share their stories.
Cris Lopez, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Saengmany Ratsabout, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
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Mapping Immigrant Populations
Think 3
The Institute for Immigration Research at George Mason
University has developed a multifaceted project, referred to here
as “Mapping Immigrant Populations,” which uses a unique
geostatistical database to map immigrant populations in the
United States while also discussing their respective
socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. This statistical
and geographic database has allowed the IIR to produce
comprehensive maps and “fact sheets” which locate immigrant
populations across the U.S. and describe their socioeconomic
and demographic characteristics in great detail. IIR staff will
discuss how this database was produced, and its various
applications.
Justin Lowry, Institute for Immigration Research
Denzil Mohammed, ILC Public Education Institute
James Witte, Institute for Immigration Research
Research Salon
Inventor 2
Join your colleagues in a casual, new approach to discussing
research, locating relevant sources, or considering new directions
and collaborators. The Research Salon provides a space to
converse with each other, as well as with research experts from
the University of Minnesota. Experts on hand will include a Law
Library librarian, Minnesota Population Center's research staff,
University Libraries' specialists in Social Sciences and History,
and archivists from the Immigration History Research Center
Archives, the Social Welfare History Archives, the Upper
Midwest Jewish Archives, and the YMCA Archives.
Linnea Anderson, Social Welfare History Archives
Ryan Bean, YMCA Archives
Kate Dietrick, Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Katie Genadek, Minnesota Population Center
Michael Hannon, Law Librarian
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Daniel Necas, Immigration History Research Center
Archives
Gina Rumore, Minnesota Population Center
Rafael Tarrago, University Libraries
6:00pm - 8:30pm: IHRC Archives Exhibit People on the Move: 50
Years of Documenting and Researching Migration Experiences at
the Immigration History Research Center & Archives and
Conference Dinner (Must Pre-Register)
Immigration History Research Center and Archives, Elmer L.
Andersen Library (see directions on page 45-39)
Welcoming Remarks by Provost Karen Hanson, Senior
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost,
University of Minnesota
Keynote Speaker: Dean Eric Schwartz, Professor and
Dean, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs,
University of Minnesota: The World's Humanitarian and
Migration Crises: Desiterata for a New Administration
Immigrant Stories Screening
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Saturday, October 24, 2015
The University of Minnesota Bookstore will have select recent books by
conference presenters for sale from 9:00am to 1:00pm in the Pinnacle
Ballroom.
8:30am - 9:00am: Coffee and Breakfast
9:00am - 10:15am: Session Four Concurrent Panels
Asian Adoptions as/in U.S. Immigration History
Think 4
Chair: Eleana Kim, University of California, Irvine
Discussant: Kim Park Nelson, Minnesota State
University, Moorhead
Eleana Kim, University of California, Irvine
Arissa Oh, Boston College
Allison Varzally, California State University, Fullerton
Immigration Advocacy and Activism
Inventor 2
Chair: Ben Casper, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Discussant: Yuichiro Onishi, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
Jane Hong, Occidental College
Matthew Lindsay, University of Baltimore
Laura P. Minero, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kong Pha, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Legal and Cultural Representations of Gender
Inventor 1
Chair: Teresa Swartz, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
Discussant: Lisa Sun-Hee Park, University of
California, Santa Barbara
Aileen Ford, University of Texas, Austin
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Praveena Lakshmanan, Michigan State University
Deborah Wilk, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Adrienne Winans, Utah Valley University
Mass Detention and Deportation: Unauthorized Migration and
the State Since 1965
Think 3
Chair & Discussant: Aviva Chomsky, Salem State
University
Tanya Golash-Boza, University of California, Merced
David M. Hernandez, Mount Holyoke College
Carl Lindskoog, Raritan Valley Community College
Unjust Laws and Practices: Organized Labor, Immigrant Rights,
and the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act along the U.S.Mexico Border
Inventor 3
Chair & Discussant: Max Krochmal, Texas Christian
University
Jensen Branscombe, Texas Christian University
Natalia Molina, University of California, San Diego
Cristina Salinas, University of Texas, Arlington
10:15am - 10:30am: Coffee Break
10:30am - 11:45am: Session Five Concurrent Panels
The 40th Anniversary of Hmong Refugee Migration to the US
and Its Impact on the Field of Asian American Studies
Think 4
Chair & Discussant: Chia Youyee Vang, University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Chong Moua, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kong Pha, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Ma Vang, University of California, Merced
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Advocacy for Immigration Reform Before and After 1965
Inventor 2
Chair & Discussant: Natalia Molina, University of
California, San Diego
Libby Garland, Kingsborough Community College
Kimberly Hernandez, University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee
Rachel Ida Buff, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Arab American Studies: A Roundtable Discussion on the State
of the Field
Inventor 3
Chair & Discussant: Charlotte Karem Albrecht,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Charlotte Karem Albrecht, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor
Leila Ben-Nasr, Ohio State University
Carol Fadda-Conrey, Syracuse University
Chinese Migration to the Americas in the Age of Empire
Think 3
Chair: Benjamin Narvaez, University of Minnesota,
Morris
Discussant: Erika Lee, University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities
Fredy Gonzalez, University of Colorado, Boulder
Kent Weber, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Elliott Young, Lewis and Clark College
Representing Immigrant Stories Through Oral History and
Digital History
Inventor 1
Chair: Saengmany Ratsabout, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
Discussant: Kevin Murphy, University of Minnesota,
Twin Cities
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Amy Bhatt, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities
Neil Hodge, University of California, Los Angeles
Nalini Iyer, Seattle University
12:00pm - 1:15pm: Lunch and Invited Panel
Pinnacle Ballroom
Looking Back to Look Forward: Reflections on the Teaching
and Writing of Immigration History
Chair & Moderator: Hasia Diner, New York University
John Bodnar, Indiana University
Donna Gabaccia, University of Toronto, Scarborough
David Gerber, University at Buffalo
Walter Kamphoefner, Texas A&M University
Alan Kraut, American University
1:30pm - 2:45pm: Session Six Concurrent Panels
Digital Storytelling and Living Archives: Building Immigration
History through Digital Platforms
Inventor 3
Chair & Discussant: Pawan Dhingra, Tufts University /
South Asian American Digital Archive
Manan Desai, South Asian American Digital Archive
Matthew Jaber Stiffler, Arab American National
Museum
Elizabeth Venditto, University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities
Immigration and Diplomacy after World War II
Inventor 2
Chair: Saje Mathieu, University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities
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Discussant: Maddalena Marinari, Gustavus Adolphus
College
Arta Ankrava, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Carly Goodman, Temple University
Erica Toffoli, University of Toronto
Legal Liminalities
Inventor 1
Chair: Michael Innis-Jiminez, University of Alabama
Discussant: Andrew Urban, Rutgers University
Kerri Howard, Northwestern University
Cindy I-Fen Cheng, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Brendan Shanahan, University of California, Berkeley
Rachel Stevens, University of Melbourne
Looking Beyond Washington, D.C.: Rethinking the Politics
Behind the Hart-Celler Act
Think 3
Chair & Discussant: Robert Fleegler, University of
Mississippi
Danielle Battisti, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Grainne McEvoy, Boston College
Wendy Wall, University of Binghamton, State
University of New York
The Politics of Cultural Production in Post-1965 Migrant
Communities
Think 4
Chair: Hui Wilcox, St. Catherine University
Discussant: Donna Gabaccia, University of Toronto
Scarborough
Erika Busse, St. Catherine University
Namita Manohar, Brooklyn College, City University of
New York
Jasmine Tang, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Hui Wilcox, St. Catherine University
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Note: The Refreshment Break and Closing Plenary will take place at
the University Recreation and Wellness Center- Multipurpose Room
5 (see directions on page 40).
2:45pm - 3:15pm: Refreshment Break
University Recreation and Wellness Center- Multipurpose
Room 5
3:15pm - 4:30pm: Closing Plenary
University Recreation and Wellness Center- Multipurpose
Room 5
Politics, Policies, and the Realities of Post-1965 Migration:
The Necessity of Interdisciplinary and Intersectional Approaches
Moderator: Erika Lee, University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities
John D. Marquez, Northwestern University
Lisa Sun-Hee Park, University of California, Santa
Barbara
Gilberto Rosas, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign
Sharmila Rudrappa, University of Texas, Austin
. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Remarks at the
Signing of the Immigration Bill .
Liberty Island, New York
October 3, 1965
Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Ambassador Goldberg,
distinguished Members of the leadership of the Congress, distinguished
Governors and mayors, my fellow countrymen:
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We have called the Congress here this afternoon not only to mark a very
historic occasion, but to settle a very old issue that is in dispute. That
issue is, to what congressional district does Liberty Island really belong-Congressman Farbstein or Congressman Gallagher? It will be settled by
whoever of the two can walk first to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
This bill that we will sign today is not a revolutionary bill. It does not
affect the lives of millions. It will not reshape the structure of our daily
lives, or really add importantly to either our wealth or our power.
Yet it is still one of the most important acts of this Congress and of this
administration.
For it does repair a very deep and painful flaw in the fabric of American
justice. It corrects a cruel and enduring wrong in the conduct of the
American Nation.
Speaker McCormack and Congressman Celler almost 40 years ago first
pointed that out in their maiden speeches in the Congress. And this
measure that we will sign today will really make us truer to ourselves
both as a country and as a people. It will strengthen us in a hundred
unseen ways.
I have come here to thank personally each Member of the Congress who
labored so long and so valiantly to make this occasion come true today,
and to make this bill a reality. I cannot mention all their names, for it
would take much too long, but my gratitude--and that of this Nation-belongs to the 89th Congress.
We are indebted, too, to the vision of the late beloved President John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, and to the support given to this measure by the then
Attorney General and now Senator, Robert F. Kennedy.
In the final days of consideration, this bill had no more able champion
than the present Attorney General, Nicholas Katzenbach, who, with New
York's own "Manny" Celler, and Senator Ted Kennedy of
Massachusetts, and Congressman Feighan of Ohio, and Senator
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Mansfield and Senator Dirksen constituting the leadership of the Senate,
and Senator Javits, helped to guide this bill to passage, along with the
help of the Members sitting in front of me today.
This bill says simply that from this day forth those wishing to immigrate
to America shall be admitted on the basis of their skills and their close
relationship to those already here.
This is a simple test, and it is a fair test. Those who can contribute most
to this country--to its growth, to its strength, to its spirit--will be the first
that are admitted to this land.
The fairness of this standard is so self-evident that we may well wonder
that it has not always been applied. Yet the fact is that for over four
decades the immigration policy of the United States has been twisted and
has been distorted by the harsh injustice of the national origins quota
system.
Under that system the ability of new immigrants to come to America
depended upon the country of their birth. Only 3 countries were allowed
to supply 70 percent of all the immigrants. Families were kept apart
because a husband or a wife or a child had been born in the wrong place.
Men of needed skill and talent were denied entrance because they came
from southern or eastern Europe or from one of the developing
continents. This system violated the basic principle of American
democracy--the principle that values and rewards each man on the basis
of his merit as a man. It has been un-American in the highest sense,
because it has been untrue to the faith that brought thousands to these
shores even before we were a country.
Today, with my signature, this system is abolished. We can now believe
that it will never again shadow the gate to the American Nation with the
twin barriers of prejudice and privilege.
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Our beautiful America was built by a nation of strangers. From a
hundred different places or more they have poured forth into an empty
land, joining and blending in one mighty and irresistible tide.
The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it
was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples. And from
this experience, almost unique in the history of nations, has come
America's attitude toward the rest of the world. We, because of what we
are, feel safer and stronger in a world as varied as the people who make it
up--a world where no country rules another and all countries can deal
with the basic problems of human dignity and deal with those problems
in their own way.
Now, under the monument which has welcomed so many to our shores,
the American Nation returns to the finest of its traditions today.
The days of unlimited immigration are past. But those who do come will
come because of what they are, and not because of the land from which
they sprung.
When the earliest settlers poured into a wild continent there was no one
to ask them where they came from. The only question was: Were they
sturdy enough to make the journey, were they strong enough to clear the
land, were they enduring enough to make a home for freedom, and were
they brave enough to die for liberty if it became necessary to do so?
And so it has been through all the great and testing moments of
American history. Our history this year we see in Viet-Nam. Men there
are dying--men named Fernandez and Zajac and Zelinko and Mariano
and McCormick.
Neither the enemy who killed them nor the people whose independence
they have fought to save ever asked them where they or their parents
came from. They were all Americans. It was for free men and for
America that they gave their all, they gave their lives and selves. By
eliminating that same question as a test for immigration the Congress
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proves ourselves worthy of those men and worthy of our own traditions
as a Nation.
Over my shoulders here you can see Ellis Island, whose vacant corridors
echo today the joyous sound of long ago voices. And today we can all
believe that the lamp of this grand old lady is brighter today-- and the
golden door that she guards gleams more brilliantly in the light of an
increased liberty for the people from all the countries of the globe.
Thank you very much.
NOTE: The President spoke at 3:08 p.m. on Liberty Island in New York
Harbor before a group of several hundred guests who had crossed to the
island by boat for the ceremony. In his opening words he referred to Vice
President Hubert H. Humphrey, Representative John W. McCormack of
Massachusetts, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Arthur J.
Goldberg, U.S. Representative to the United Nations. During his remarks
the President referred to Representative Leonard Farbstein of New York,
Representative Cornelius E. Gallagher of New Jersey, Representative
Emanuel Celler of New York, Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York,
Attorney General Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, Senator Edward M.
Kennedy of Massachusetts, Representative Michael A. Feighan of Ohio,
Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana, majority leader of the Senate,
Senator Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois, minority leader of the Senate, and
Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York.
As enacted, the immigration bill (H.R. 2580) is Public Law 89-236 (79
Stat. 911).
On February 15, 1966, the White House made public a report to the
President from Attorney General Katzenbach which stated in part,
"Although the Act has been in effect only two months, it has already
reunited hundreds of families through its preferential admissions policy
for aliens with close relatives in the United States .... Another 9,268
refugees from Cuba arrived in the United States during 1965. Of these,
3,349 came in December via the airlift arranged by the United States and
the Cuban governments. Some 104,430 resident aliens were naturalized
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as American citizens during the year." The text of the report is printed in
the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (vol. 2, p. 220).
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon
B. Johnson, 1965. Volume II, entry 546, pp. 1037-1040. Washington,
D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1966.
"President Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks at the Signing of the
Immigration Bill, Liberty Island, New York October 3, 1965." President
Lyndon B. Johnson's Remarks at the Signing of the Immigration Bill,
Liberty Island, New York October 3, 1965. February 17, 2002. Accessed
September 15, 2015.
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/speeches.hom/65100
3.asp.
. Wi-Fi Instructions .
1) Open your in-range WiFi networks box (Macs usually on the top
menu bar, PCs lower right toolbar).
2) Listed should be ‘The Commons Convention’ network. If it is not,
press the ‘scan’ or ‘search’ option so your device can find the network.
3) Select and connect to this network. Shortly after connecting, prompt
screen should automatically pop up on your screen. If this does not
happen, then you may need to open up an internet browser (Google
Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, etc.).
4) Once on the prompt screen, it will ask you to put in your password,
which is provided below. Enter the password and press connect.
Network: Commons Convention
Password: IA2015
. Book Sale .
The University of Minnesota bookstore - at the request from the IHRC has specially ordered select recent books authored by conference
presenters to sell at the conference. This is a unique opportunity to see
our field's recent publications all in one place (and to meet their authors!)
We hope that you'll support our local bookstore and support our field by
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making a few book purchases at the conference. The bookstore is also
able to send books to you via UPS if you are unable to carry them home.
. Social Media .
Let’s keep the conversation going online through Twitter and Facebook!
Twitter
Use our Twitter handles: @UMN_IHRC @IEHS1965
Use these hashtags: #ImmigrantAmerica #IHRC2015 #IEHS2015
Tips for Tweeting
· Use hashtags (#) so people can easily find your tweets
· Tag relevant people in your tweets - both individuals who are at the
conference and those who are not
· Tweet your thoughts and reflections on the conversations
· Quote speakers
· Upload photos
· Keep an eye out for trends, key moments, or shifts in momentum or
mood
· Re-tweet and favorite comments from other participants
· Ask questions to generate dialogue
Facebook
Find us at the Immigration History Research Center Facebook Group
page and the Immigration and Ethnic History Society Facebook page
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. Directions and Maps .
Map of Commons Hotel
Directions to IHRC/A Exhibit and Conference
Dinner, Elmer L. Andersen Library
We will have volunteers who will be walking participants to the IHRC/A
for the conference dinner. It is approximately a 15 minute walk. The
Commons Hotel guest shuttle can take a limited number of participants
to the conference dinner. Participants can also take public transit. The
campus bus route 122 is free or the Green Line Metro lightrail is also
available for a fee.
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Walking Directions
10/4/2015
The Commons Hotel to Elmer L. Andersen Library - Google Maps
The Commons Hotel to Elmer L. Andersen
Library
Walk 0.7 mile, 16 min
Map data ©2015 Google
The Commons Hotel
500 ft
Use caution - may involve errors or sections not suited for walking
615 Washington Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis,
MN 55414
1.
Head west on Washington Ave SE toward SE Harvard St
2.
Turn right
0.3 mi
Take the stairs
177 ft
3.
Turn left
4.
Turn right
5.
Turn right
6.
Turn left
0.4 mi
30 ft
95 ft
Destination will be on the left
144 ft
Elmer L. Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/The+Commons+Hotel,+615+Washington+Avenue+Southeast,+Minneapolis,+MN+55414/Elmer+L.+Andersen+Library,+222+21st...
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Directions using free campus bus route 122
The Commons Hotel to Elmer L. Andersen Library - Google Maps
5:45 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/The+Commons+Hotel,+Was...
Oak St SE & McNamara Alumni - Leave
The Commons Hotel to Elmer L.
122 Andersen Library
5:41 PM - 5:49 PM (8 min)
towards
Eastbound
Note:
This bus is122
free to ride.
University AV/Circulator
3 min (2 stops)
Service run by University of Minnesota - Route information
5:48 PM
Washington Ave & Willey Hall
Walk
About 1 min , 486 ft
Use caution - may involve errors or
sections not suited for walking
Head north
341 ft
Turn left
Destination will be on the left
144 ft
Map data ©2015 Google
5:41 PM
5:49 PM
500 ft
The Commons Hotel
615 Washington Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Elmer L. Andersen Library
Walk
222 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455
About 4 min , 0.2 mi
Tickets and information
Use caution - may involve errors or
sections not suited for walking
University of Minnesota
Head east on Washington Ave SE
These directions are for planning purposes only. You may Snd that construction
toward Walnut St SE
projects, trafSc, weather, or other events may cause conditions to differ from the
279obey
ft all signs or
map results, and you should plan your route accordingly. You must
notices regarding your route.
Turn left
Destination will be on the right
0.1 mi
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The Commons Hotel to Elmer L. Andersen Library - Google Maps
5:45 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/The+Commons+Hotel,+Was...
Oak St SE & McNamara Alumni - Leave
122
towards Eastbound 122
University AV/Circulator
3 min (2 stops)
Service run by University of Minnesota - Route information
5:48 PM
Washington Ave & Willey Hall
Walk
About 1 min , 486 ft
Use caution - may involve errors or
sections not suited for walking
Head north
341 ft
Turn left
Destination will be on the left
144 ft
5:49 PM
Elmer L. Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Tickets and information
University of Minnesota
These directions are for planning purposes only. You may Snd that construction
projects, trafSc, weather, or other events may cause conditions to differ from the
map results, and you should plan your route accordingly. You must obey all signs or
notices regarding your route.
2 of 2
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Directions using Green Line Metro lightrail (fee required)
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The Commons Hotel to Elmer L. Andersen Library - Google Maps
5:43 PM
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/The+Commons+Hotel,+Was...
East Bank Station & Platform
Green
towards Westbound to
Mpls-Target Field
3 min (non-stop) ·
Service run by Metro Transit - Route information
5:46 PM
West Bank Station & Platform
Walk
About 5 min , 0.3 mi
Use caution - may involve errors or
sections not suited for walking
Head west on 19th Ave S toward 19th
Ave S
Take the stairs
0.1 mi
Turn right onto S 2nd St
135 ft
Turn right toward 21st Ave S
39 ft
Turn left toward 21st Ave S
33 ft
Turn left toward 21st Ave S
52 ft
Turn right toward 21st Ave S
384 ft
Turn right toward 21st Ave S
62 ft
Continue onto 21st Ave S
164 ft
Turn right
Destination will be on the right
39 ft
5:51 PM
Elmer L. Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Tickets and information
Metro Transit
These directions are for planning purposes only. You may Tnd that construction
projects, trafTc, weather, or other events may cause conditions to differ from the
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Directions to Saturday Afternoon Refreshment Break
and Closing Plenary, University Recreation and
Wellness Center
The Commons Hotel to University Recreation and Wellness Cen...
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/The+Commons+Hotel,+61...
The Commons Hotel to University Recreation
and Wellness Center
Walk 0.1 mile, 3 min
Map data ©2015 Google
The Commons Hotel
100 ft
Use caution - may involve errors or sections not suited for walking
615 Washington Avenue Southeast,
Minneapolis, MN 55414
1.
Head west on Washington Ave SE toward SE Harvard St
2.
Turn right onto SE Harvard St
3.
Turn right onto Scholars Walk
246 ft
423 ft
Destination will be on the left
89 ft
University Recreation and Wellness Center
123 Southeast Harvard Street, Minneapolis, MN 55455
These directions are for planning purposes only. You may =nd that construction
projects, traf=c, weather, or other events may cause conditions to differ from the
map results, and you should plan your route accordingly. You must obey all signs or
notices regarding your route.
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Related Local Events .
People on the Move: 50 Years of Documenting and Researching
Migration Experiences at the Immigration History Research Center
& Archives
Elmer L. Andersen Library Gallery, University of Minnesota
(222 - 21st Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455)
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays: 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m.;
Wednesdays and Thursdays: 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Founded in 1965, the Immigration History Research Center & Archives
is the oldest and largest institution devoted to preserving and
understanding immigration experiences. Visit our 50th anniversary
exhibit to explore ideas of immigration, migration, race, and ethnicity, as
we share our own story of creating and developing an archive to make
possible a wide variety of research. The exhibit is open October 15, 2015
through January 22, 2016.
We Are Hmong Minnesota
Minnesota History Center (345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102)
Tuesdays 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.;
Wednesdays through Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.;
Sundays Noon to 5:00 p.m.
November 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of the Hmong migration to
Minnesota following the war in Southeast Asia. Today, the Twin Cities
metro area is home to 66,000 Hmong, the largest urban Hmong
population in the United States. Developed in partnership with the
Hmong community, this exhibit will commemorate the anniversary and
celebrate the significant political, social and economic contributions the
Hmong have made to Minnesota and the nation.
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Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service during
World War II
Historic Fort Snelling (200 Tower Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55111)
Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Kept secret to most Americans until the 1970s, nearly 6000 Japanese
American soldiers received intensive training in the Japanese language at
the clandestine Military Intelligence Language School (MISLS) in
Savage and at Fort Snelling. These MISLS graduates served in every
major campaign in the Pacific, including with Merrell's Marauders in
Burma, at Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal, and at the Tokyo War Crimes
trials, while their families were confined in one of 10 American
concentration camps. These soldiers received many prestigious honors
including the Congressional Gold Medal, and their service is credited
with shortening the war by as much as two years. This episode is an
enduring reminder that being American is not limited by race, religion or
ethnicity. Now for the first time in the Midwest, their story is being told
through this unique wartime photo exhibit.
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