Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. The interview is broken up into two videos. This is the first.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the second of two videos depicting this interview. Om Julka was formerly a British India army officer during his life in India. His interview is sectioned into his childhood spent traveling Punjab due to his father's career dealing with the railroads, time in the army, and his time since coming to the United States to take care of his grandchildren and his global travels throughout this time. Mr. Julka also discussed entire familial immigration and the racial and social branching of his family as a result. He addressed current issues between India and Pakistan, asking for a resolution of issues to bring the people of both countries together as they were before the Partition.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the first of two videos depicting this interview. Om Julka was formerly a British India army officer during his life in India. His interview is sectioned into his childhood spent traveling Punjab due to his father's career dealing with the railroads, time in the army, and his time since coming to the United States to take care of his grandchildren and his global travels throughout this time. Mr. Julka also discussed entire familial immigration and the racial and social branching of his family as a result. He addressed current issues between India and Pakistan, asking for a resolution of issues to bring the people of both countries together as they were before the Partition.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the first of three videos depicting this interview. Paramjeet Singh initially discussed his childhood in Lahore, which is now in current day Pakistan. He reminisced on some violence from Partition, but most of his interview composed of his education in the United States and how it led to an embracing of America as a new home. He addressed the social difficulties of being Sikh in Ohio during the late 20th century and how some aspects of acceptance have increased over time. He also discussed his intermarriage with an American woman and raising his daughter in America with both Indian and American influences. His interview highlights the importance of being a good person and holding confidence in identity. He urged that South Asians across Ohio teach those who are unfamiliar with their culture to cure acts of intolerance.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the second of three videos depicting this interview. Paramjeet Singh initially discussed his childhood in Lahore, which is now in current day Pakistan. He reminisced on some violence from Partition, but most of his interview composed of his education in the United States and how it led to an embracing of America as a new home. He addressed the social difficulties of being Sikh in Ohio during the late 20th century and how some aspects of acceptance have increased over time. He also discussed his intermarriage with an American woman and raising his daughter in America with both Indian and American influences. His interview highlights the importance of being a good person and holding confidence in identity. He urged that South Asians across Ohio teach those who are unfamiliar with their culture to cure acts of intolerance.
Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Asian Indians in northeast Ohio and explore issues of professional, family, and religious life. This is the third of three videos depicting this interview. Paramjeet Singh initially discussed his childhood in Lahore, which is now in current day Pakistan. He reminisced on some violence from Partition, but most of his interview composed of his education in the United States and how it led to an embracing of America as a new home. He addressed the social difficulties of being Sikh in Ohio during the late 20th century and how some aspects of acceptance have increased over time. He also discussed his intermarriage with an American woman and raising his daughter in America with both Indian and American influences. His interview highlights the importance of being a good person and holding confidence in identity. He urged that South Asians across Ohio teach those who are unfamiliar with their culture to cure acts of intolerance.
Carl Stokes, and his brother Louis, were groundbreaking African-American politicians from Cleveland, Ohio. Carl Stokes became the first black mayor of a major U.S. city when elected in 1967. Louis Stokes was the first African-American congressman from Ohio when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1968, a position he held for 15 consecutive terms. During Carl Stokes two mayoral terms, city hall jobs were opened to blacks and women, and a number of urban renewal projects were initiated. Between 1983 and 1994 Carl Stokes served as municipal judge, and in 1994 was appointed by President Clinton as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Seychelles. Louis Stokes began his career as a civil rights attorney, and helped challenge the Ohio redistricting in 1965 that fragmented African-American voting strength. In 1967, Louis Stokes argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Terry v. Ohio case, also known as the "stop-and-frisk" case. In the 1970s, Louis Stokes served as chair on Assassinations and in the 1980s was a noted member of the House Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran. The collection includes 34 interviews with family and friends, associates and staff, and was conducted to commemorate the 50th anniversaries of Carl Stokes election as mayor and Louis Stokes to Congress.