From the Archives

#FromTheArchives A poster for the fifth annual Asian Awareness Festival in 1977. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter announced that the first week in May would be Asian American Heritage Week. From this grew the Asian Pacific American Heritage Festival, a large festival in NYC in May to celebrate the Asian-American community. This festival still happens today. Artist unknown. Image courtesy of KSW archives at CEMA.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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[Image Description: A yellow drawing of an armed warrior holding up a sword. There is a Chinese character in yellow next to the figure. The text in red states "5th Annual Asian Awareness Festival at the College of San Mateo May 24-47 1977."]