The History of Racism and Racist Violence: Immigration and Xenophobia

This resource is part of the AHA’s The History of Racism and Racist Violence. 

 

“From Downtown to the Mission in Three Minutes: Latino Activism around BART” by Lindsey Passenger Wieck (Perspectives on History, 2023)

“What’s in a Bottle? Conquest and the Origins of California Wine” by Julia Ornelas-Higdon (Perspectives on History, 2023)

“The Charlottesville Verdict: American Antisemitism and Resurgent Nationalisms” by Victoria Saker Woeste (Perspectives on History, 2022)

“Bodies of Knowledge: Philadelphia and the Dark History of Collecting Human Remains” by Samuel J. Redman (Perspectives on History, 2022)

“Cliché and Caricature: Why January 6 Was Not Like a Banana Republic” by Dario A. Euraque (Perspectives on History, 2021)

“Colorizing Photos from the Past: The Ethics of Making History” by Tara Tran (Perspectives on History, 2021)

“A Farewell to the Model Minority Myth: AAPI Racism in Academia” by Shuko Tamao (Perspectives on History, 2021)

“‘Our Country Is Full’: Roots and Consequences of America’s 1921 Immigration Act 100 Years Later,” a Virtual AHA webinar featuring Erika Lee, Ashley Johnson Bavery, Linda Gordon, and Alexandra Minna Stern (YouTube, 2021)

“Age and the Construction of Gendered and Raced Citizenship in the United States” by Corinne T. Field and Nicholas L. Syrett (American Historical Review, 2020)

“Between Africa and America: Recalibrating Black Americans’ Relationship to the Diaspora” by Nemata Blyden and Jeannette Eileen Jones (Perspectives on History, 2020)

“Who Is ‘Essential’?: US Immigration Policy in Historical Context” by Mae Ngai (Perspectives on History, 2020)

“‘Education Embargo’: Scholars at Risk Hosts Discussion on How Immigration Bans Restrict Knowledge” by Kritika Agarwal (AHA Today, 2017)

“Human Rights in the Era of Trump” by Mark Philip Bradley (AHA Today, 2017)

“Mexican Migration History in the Era of Border Walls” by Julia G. Young (AHA Today, 2017)

“Travel Bans in Historical Perspective: Executive Orders Have Defined ‘Terrorists’ since Nixon” by Ibrahim Al-Marashi (Perspectives on History, 2017)

“Reliving Injustice 75 Years Later: Executive Order 9066 Then and Now” by Karen Inouye (AHA Today, 2017)

“Today’s Banned Immigrants Are No Different from Our Immigrant Ancestors” by Tyler Anbinder (AHA Today, 2017)

“Denver’s Asian Americans” by William Wei (Perspectives on History, 2016)

“Erasing Memory, Erasing People: Armenian Genocide Remembrance and Denial at Harvard” by Alexandros K. Kyrou (Perspectives on History, 2015)