Building Our Region’s Korean Communities
Building Our Region’s Korean Communities
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Explore additional content related to the exhibition from the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at the University of California, Riverside.
Building Our Region’s Korean Communities
Riverside is the First Koreatown in America:
Edward Chang Research
Professor Edward T. Chang speaks about his research on the Pachappa Camp Korean settlement in Riverside. For a detailed account, see the book Pachappa Camp: First Koreatown in the United States.
YOK Center’s 15th Anniversary
The Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies opened in 2015. Learn how the center is shaping what we know about Korean Americans.
‘Buried past’ of America’s first Koreatown uncovered in California’s Riverside
PBS News Hour covered the decades-long path to discovering the nation’s first “Koreatown”.
Footsteps of Korean Americans
This short documentary covers Korean American History and is a companion video to the textbook, “Korean Americans: A Concise History.” The film tells untold stories about the first Koreatown USA and more.
Korean American Studies Program Video Collaboration
These videos were produced through a partnership with the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California and the Anaheim Union School District Korean American Studies Course by students in the program. Each student visited CRIISC for a tour of the exhibition and created short informational videos that help tell the story of Inland Southern California’s early Korean communities. The videos of five students were chosen to be featured on CRIISC’s website as learning resources.