<p>Wing Luke was the first elected Asian-American in Seattle, a civil rights hero who fought for visibility for Seattle's Chinatown International District. Decades later, the museum founded in his memory continues that fight. This July, the Wing Luke Museum planned a festival to celebrate the neighborhood as part of the Arts For Everybody campaign. But then, an international news event upended those plans – and challenged the very existence of the museum itself. </p>

No Place Like Home

One Nation One Project

Ep 4 – Seattle

DEC 25, 202431 MIN
No Place Like Home

Ep 4 – Seattle

DEC 25, 202431 MIN

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Wing Luke was the first elected Asian-American in Seattle, a civil rights hero who fought for visibility for Seattle's Chinatown International District. Decades later, the museum founded in his memory continues that fight. This July, the Wing Luke Museum planned a festival to celebrate the neighborhood as part of the Arts For Everybody campaign. But then, an international news event upended those plans – and challenged the very existence of the museum itself.