Swerbo.com

The Angel Island Immigration Station was opened in the San Francisco Bay on this date in 1910, to serve as the portal — and detention center, often for months at a time — for immigrants entering the U.S. The facility was created primarily to enforce...

Mr. Wong died on Friday at 106. A Hollywood studio artist, painter, printmaker, calligrapher, greeting-card illustrator and, in later years, maker of fantastical kites, he was one of the most celebrated Chinese-American artists of the 20th century. But...

angryapihistory: For today’s bit of Angry API History, we wanted to touch on something that makes us rage. While a lot of the immigration discussion often comes back to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island as the shining beacon of what the US has...

Immigration stations at Ellis Island and Angel Island Photos: Library of Congress The US population is 50 million at the start of the decade... PDF format immigration-timeline-annenberg-classroom.pdf [...]

From man’s beginnings, we danced in community. As cultures evolved and diversified, so did their dancing. Thus, unique cultural dances emerged worldwide. Contemporary dance works sometimes honor these distinct traditions. At other times, they focus on...