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Immigration to the United States: People Who Emigrated

Asian Immigrants

A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the American Constitution
Smithsonian Institution
Ancestors in the Americas (PBS)
Becoming American: the Chinese Experience (PBS)
Chinese Immigration to the United States, 1851-1900
Library of Congress
Chinese in California, 1850-1925
Library of Congress
Echoes of Freedom: South Asian Pioneers in California, 1899-1965
U. of California, Berkeley
Immigration: Chinese
Library of Congress
Immigration: Japanese
Library of Congress
Separate Lives, Broken Dreams: Saga of Chinese Immigration

African American Immigrants

In Motion: the African American Migration Experience
Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture

Hispanic Immigrants

Immigration: Mexican
Library of Congress
Immigration: Puerto Rican/Cuban
Library of Congress

Jewish Immigrants

From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America
From the Library of Congress
Jewish Women's Archives
Jewish Life in the American West
Autry Museum of Western Heritage
Significant Documents Illuninating the American Jewish Experience
American Jewish Archives

Irish Immigrants

Celtic Roots: Stories, Songs, & Traditions from Across the Sea (webcast)
Library of Congress

German Immigrants

The Germans in America
Library of Congress

Slovak Immigrants

The Slovaks in America
Library of Congress

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