Events

Ken Fong will share stories of his late father, James King Fong, a bona fided war hero, having flown 38 missions over Germany during WWII. But when the majority of Americans—even those of Chinese or Asian descent—think about who put on the uniforms and risked their lives to defeat the Axis powers, they don’t think of his father or the nearly 20,000 other Americans of Chinese descent who also served and fought.

  Ken grew up badgering his dad to share his war stories, and he will tell a few of the most memorable ones during our May program so that ABC’s like him will no longer be so invisible. Speaker Bio: Dr. Ken Fong is a third-generation Chinese American from Sacramento, CA. Graduating in 1976 from […]

Join us to learn about Santa Barbara's early Chinese residents, their funeral practices, and burial history in the Santa Barbara Cemetery.

Join the Chinese American Museum on Sunday, May 19th at 10:30am for the next installment of Beyond the Page where we will be celebrating the launch of Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community by William Gow. Gow’s book explores the Chinese American community’s contributions to the Hollywood film industry and Los Angeles tourism scene during the early 20th century.

Join us as we recognize various AAPI military veterans together for the first-time event in the County of Los Angeles.