Makoto Hagiwara Popularizes the Fortune Cookie
It's 1914 and visitors to the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco are about to have their fortunes told—by a cookie created by the garden's caretaker, Makoto Hagiwara.
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When 20,000 Asian Americans Won Garment Workers’ Rights
In the summer of 1982, nearly 20,000 garment workers—mostly Asian American women—filled the streets of New York’s Chinatown in solidarity. Their strike won a decisive victory and challenged the “model minority” myth that still persists today.
