Asian American Resources

Utah's Asian American History Timeline
Designed for educators and students, this timeline covers key Asian American events in Utah and the United States. It includes immigration, locations, work, events, contributions, local leaders, laws and more.

People & Places Within Utah's Asian American History
Learn more about Utah's Asian American community through interactive data visualizations. This story map includes demographics, languages, growth of communities over time, key people and important places to the Asian American community in Utah.

SLC's Dubious Olympic Bid Sacrifices Thriving Japantown
In The Margins is a PBS series that takes a look at the history around Salt Lake City’s Japantown, which was once a thriving community for thousands of Japanese Americans. In 1966, most of Japantown was torn down to make way for a new sports arena, the Salt Palace. The justification for the new arena was an Olympic bid that failed. Learn how the controversial practice of “urban renewal” nearly wiped out Japantown and how the Japanese American community is fighting to protect what remains.