"Gangnam Style" was a global phenomenon that transcended language barriers and opened doors for Korean pop music to make its mark on the global stage. It had a profound impact on pop culture and the South Korean economy. 

The case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark was a pivotal legal battle that shaped the understanding of birthright citizenship in the United States. The case, decided in 1898 by the U.S. Supreme Court, clarified birthright citizenship. 

The Free Chol Soo Lee Movement was a grassroots campaign that emerged in the 1970s to advocate for the release of Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant who was wrongfully convicted of murder in the United States.

Having learned of the death of a popular bar-owner-turned-rancher and a policeman during an altercation between two rival Chinese gangs, approximately 500 vengeful white and Hispanic residents gathered outside the building where the gunfight had occurred. Then, what may have started as vigilante justice quickly became a racially driven killing spree. The mob proceeded to lynch 19 Chinese immigrants, which was 10% of the LA Chinese population at the time.

The Virginia Tech shooting was a tragic mass shooting that occurred on April 16, 2007. It stands as the deadliest school shootings in American history. The perpetrator, Seung-Hui Cho's, actions brought attention to the fact that mental health issues can affect individuals from any racial or ethnic background and that the model minority myth does not hold true for everyone within the Asian American community 

The United States vs Bhagat Singh Thind case was a 1923 Supreme Court decision that denied Bhagat Singh Thind, an Indian immigrant, U.S. citizenship by ruling that he did not meet the definition of a "white person" under the naturalization laws at the time. 

Japanese internment camps were established by the United States government during World War II. Approximately 120,000 Japanese-Americans, many of whom were U.S. citizens, were forcibly relocated and detained in these camps as a result of wartime hysteria and prejudice, causing immense hardship and violating their civil liberties. 

The 2012 Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, was a tragic incident where a white supremacist gunman targeted a Sikh temple, resulting in the deaths of six Sikh worshippers. 

The students at SFSU boycotted classes to demand greater representation of minorities on the campus and in the curriculum. The term 'Asian American' was coined during this student protest. 

Vincent Chin was a Chinese American man who was brutally beaten to death in 1982 by two white men. The light punishment given to them galvanized the pan-Asian American movement to seek justice. 

The Hart-Cellar Act, also known as the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, abolished the earlier quota system that favored European immigrants and established a new system based on family reunification and professional skills. It also led to increased immigration from Asia, Africa, and Latin America and significantly changed the demographic makeup of the United States. 

In September 1965, Filipino and Mexican farmworkers in Delano, California, organized a strike against grape growers who paid them low wages and denied them basic rights. Led by Filipino organizer Larry Itliong and supported by Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez, the strike eventually grew to include thousands of workers and became a symbol of the struggle for worker's rights and social justice. 

The LA riots were a series of riots and civil disturbances that erupted in Los Angeles in 1992 following the acquittal of police officers in the Rodney King beating trial and resulted in significant destruction, violence, and loss of life. Korean Americans owned a vast majority of the stores impacted. 

Angel Island immigration station was a detention and processing center on an island in San Francisco Bay, used primarily to enforce the Chinese Exclusion Act. It was notorious for its harsh conditions and long detentions. 

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a federal law passed in 1882 that prohibited Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States.  It was the first significant law to restrict immigration on the basis of race and nationality. This and other similar laws led to the ban of Chinese immigration completely until 1943.