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Celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month with PPLD!
Library Program and Craft: Paper Lei
In celebration of Lei Day and Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, learn the history and story around the lei as you create your very own. All materials will be included for this one-hour program.
- When: Wed., May 25 from 5 - 6:30 p.m.
- Where: Knight of Columbus Hall, 20 W. Pikes Peak Ave.
- Click here to register.
Resources:
- Young Adult Booklist
- Picture Books
- Children's Chapter Books
- Adult Booklist
- Kanopy Film List
- Hoopla Film List
- CultureGrams
- Biography in Context
Regional History & Genealogy Resources:
- Books from the Carnegie Library - Special Collections (Some titles are available for checkout from other library locations)
- Voices from Colorado: perspectives of Asian Pacific Americans by Nestor J. Mercado
- Asian American genealogical sourcebook by Paula K. Byers
- Asians in Colorado: a history of persecution and perseverance in the Centennial State by William Wei
- Chinaman's chance: the Chinese on the Rocky Mountain mining frontier by Liping Zhu
- The road to Chinese exclusion: the Denver riot, 1880 election, and rise of the West by Liping Zhu
- Chin Lin Sou: Chinese-American leader by Janet L. Taggart
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