Race:

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Asian woman standing next to wire sculpture
Ruth Asawa (1926–2013)
Ruth Asawa, an internationally acclaimed artist and advocate for arts education, gained renown for her distinc...
Chinese family including girl standing to far left next to four people sitting on wooden chairs in row man holding young girl woman holding infant a teenage boy and a younger boy two other children one boy and one girl seated cross legged on ground in front
Chinese
The introduction of the Chinese to Arkansas can be traced back to their roots as a sojourners’ society—men...
dark-haired woman with chin in hand
Kai Coggin (1980–)
Kai Coggin is a queer, Filipina American poet, author, educator, activist, and Certified Arkansas Master Natur...
Hindu man in collared shirt slacks praying to shrine in closet with strand lights incense
Hindus
An estimated 15,000 Hindus were living in Arkansas by the first decades of the twenty-first century. This smal...
Group of Hmong men and women in traditional garb
Hmong
The Hmong are an ethnic group from Southeast Asia, and their presence in Arkansas stems from the evacuation of...
aerial view of military base with many uniformly shaped white buildings in rows
Indochinese Resettlement Program
aka: Operation New Life
In 1975, the state of Arkansas was tapped by the federal government...
Crowd of Asian-American children stand in rows holding hands over head in field near housing units.
Japanese American Relocation Camps
After Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, and America’s subsequent decla...
Crowd of Asian-American children stand in rows holding hands over head in field near housing units.
Jerome Relocation Center
The Japanese American relocation site at Jerome (in Drew County and partially in Chicot County) was listed on ...
Theodore Shigeru (Ted) Kanamine (1929–2023)
A native of California, Theodore Shigeru (Ted) Kanamine spent part of his childhood at the Jerome Relocation C...
Yuri Kochiyama (1921–2014)
Yuri Kochiyama, the daughter of Japanese immigrants, was incarcerated during World War II at the Jerome Reloca...
Japanese-American man in suit and tie reading at his desk
Paul Kazuo Kuroda (1917–2001)
Paul Kazuo Kuroda, professor of chemistry at the University of Arkansas (UA) in Fayetteville (Washington Count...
Japanese-American man in red and white uniform
Ryan Kurosaki (1952–)
Ryan Yoshimoto Kurosaki, the first American of Japanese descent to play in the major leagues, is a former prof...
Asian-inspired grave markers in cemetery with green grass and tall trees
Haeng Ung Lee (1936–2000)
Haeng Ung Lee was the founder of the American Taekwondo Association (which later became ATA Martial Arts), hea...
Marshallese
aka: Marshall Islanders
Marshallese have been migrating from their remote and beautiful Nor...
Ved Mehta (1934–2021)
Ved Mehta, a prolific Indian American writer who is best known for his autobiographical works and long tenure ...
A Korean American family with a mother father young girl and younger boy walking in front of house and shed the American flag painted on side
Minari
Filmed in Oklahoma but set in Arkansas, the 2020 movie Minari tells the story of a Korean family who moved fro...
White woman standing with three Japanese-American women and four Japanese-American men kneeling in front of them
Rohwer Relocation Center
The Rohwer Relocation Center in Desha County was one of two World War II–era incarceration camps built in th...
Nami Shingu (1918–2017)
Nami Shingu, an American citizen born of Japanese parents, arrived in Arkansas as an internee in a World War I...
Beige storefront restaurant with sign saying "Star of India Restaurant" in green letters
Star of India
Star of India, an award-winning restaurant in western Little Rock (Pulaski County), has become a renowned part...
Drawing of houses with castle like building in the background
Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto (1900–1990)
Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto was a noted artist whose paintings chronicled the immigrant experience, including the ti...
Asian-American man in suit and tie on stage
George Hosato Takei (1937–)
George Hosato Takei gained international fame as Lieutenant Sulu in the original Star Trek television series a...
Single-story brick depot building with covered entrance and signs on parking lot
World War II Japanese American Internment Museum
During World War II, Arkansas was the site of two Japanese American internment camps. Jerome Relocation Center...
Fountain with statue of woman and deer outside multistory hotel with green awning over the entrance
Longhua Xu (1954–)
Longhua Xu of Hot Springs (Garland County) is a native of China who came to Arkansas in 1990, becoming a leadi...