Civic Holidays | In Person

Asian American & Pacific Islanders Heritage Month / Jewish American Heritage Month

Date
Friday, May 1 - Sunday, May 31
Time
All Day

This May, celebrate both Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month at the National Constitution Center. Explore the impact and legacy of historical figures like Fred Korematsu, Justice Louis Brandeis, and suffragists Mabel Ping Hua Lee and Ernestine Hara Kettler.


 

Programs at the Museum

Speaking Out with Suffragists: Mabel and Ernestine
Speaking Out with Suffragists: Mabel and Ernestine

Daily | 1:45 p.m. and 3:45 p.m.
In honor of both Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month, join us in The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote to hear the stories of suffragists Mabel Ping-Hua Lee and Ernestine Hara Kettler. Learn how these women from different backgrounds both fought for their right to vote, despite significant opposition.

Asian Americans and the Constitution
Asian Americans and the Constitution

Weekends | 12:45 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.; DeVos Hall
Join us for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as we discuss Asian Americans and the Constitution through the lens of four key figures: Won Kim Ark, Mabel Ping Hua Lee, Fred Korematsu, and Patsy Takemoto Mink.