Congressman Saund featured on WTOP So They Say
Interview with U.S. Representative Dalip Singh Saund on CBS affiliate WTOP-FM, dated January 11, 1957. In the clip, Saund discusses his first week in office after election as the first Asian American in Congressional history.
Report by Congressman Saund
Report to Congress by U.S. Representative Dalip Singh Saund, dated April 25, 1957. The report concerns the difficulties faced by agricultural industry in California and Saund's work to mitigate these issues, as well as Saund's appearance before the Foreign Policy Association of Pittsburgh.
Urooj Arshad Oral History Interview
Urooj Arshad is a co-founder of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity and the first LGBTQ+ Muslim Retreat. In the oral history, Urooj describes growing up in Pakistan and Illinois, finding LGBTQ south asian community during college, and ongoing activism to resist islamophobia and queerphobia.
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Oral History Interview with Mani Soma
Mani Soma performs as the drag artist KaMANI Sutra. In the oral history, Mani describes growing up in India, navigating a queer relationship as a teenager, helping to organize a flash mob at Osmania University, finding south asian LGBTQ community after immigrating to the DC area, and their experiences performing as a drag artist.