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Piecing Together Our History
March 31, 2006
Gary Okihiro director, Center for Ethnicity & Race, Columbia
Min Song associate professor, English, BC

Gary Okihiro gives the keynote speech during the opening ceremonies of Boston College's Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.

Okihiro is introduced by Min Song, associate professor of English.

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Gary Okihiro | Community Building | Asian | Asian American | Profiles | Race
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Image of Island World: A History of Hawai'i and the United States (California World History Library)
Author: Gary Y. Okihiro
Publisher: University of California Press (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 328 pages
Image of Common Ground: Reimagining American History.
Author: Gary Y. Okihiro
Publisher: Princeton University Press (2001)
Binding: Paperback, 162 pages
Image of Margins and Mainstreams: Asians in American History and Culture
Author: Gary Y. Okihiro
Publisher: University of Washington Press (1994)
Binding: Paperback, 222 pages
Image of The Columbia Guide to Asian American History (Columbia Guides to American History and Cultures)
Author: Gary Y. Okihiro
Publisher: Columbia University Press (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 352 pages
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