Manichan was born in Muang Cha, Laos. She is the daughter of Zam Va Yang and the wife of Colonel Shong Leng Xiong. She is a survivor of the Secret War in Laos. Her family helped American soldiers during the war, and she lost her grandfather after helping an American pilot. Manichan arrived in U.S. in 1993.
Creator:
Xiong, Manichan
Contributor:
Yang, Mai (Editor, Translator)
Created:
2014-09-22 - 2014-12-21
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University of Minnesota, Immigration History Research Center
Man holds Atlas Athletic Club pennant, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Atlas Club was one of several Jewish social clubs in the Twin Cities operating during the early 1900s to the 1920s. The clubs were a response to the fact that "downtown" social clubs such as the Athletic Clubs would not admit Jews. The Atlas Club was absorbed into Gymea Doled in ...
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Man holding two bags of trash during the neighborhood clean-up sponsored by Mount Sinai Hospital and the Phillips community, Minneapolis, Minnesota . Mount Sinai Hospital employees, members of the Auxilliary and the Board of Governors, volunteers and family members participated with the residents of the Philips Minneapolis neighborhood in the 1...
Created:
1985-09-22
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Man holding a program for "Let My People Go", Beth El Synagogue, St. Louis Park, Minnesota. On January 17, 1971 a group from Beth El held a protest in connection with Jews in the Soviet Union.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.