Ambedkar Birth Anniversary Celebration At Columbia University
This is first bust of Dr Ambedkar in USA, which is at Columbia University Campus in NY. It is a practice of Ambedkarite Community to visit Columbia University to pay respect to Dr. Ambedkar by putting garland to his bust.
Birth Certificate From Uganda
Uganda refugees were not permitted to take much out of the country, so most of the materials that tell their stories are official documents, such as this birth certificate.
Photograph of Kampala Jamatkhane
A Jamatkhane is the mosque of Ismaili Muslims, and an important gathering place for the community.
Anonymous Oral History
This interview was conducted as part of SAADA's ACFP 20/21. The interviewee discussed his early life in Uganda and his departure, at the age of 9, as a result Idi Amin's expulsion of Asians from the country. He discussed his early life in Columbia, South Carolina, his family, and his time in the Air Force.
Photograph of President Cleveland Ship
"This is the ship that took my father from Hong Kong to San Francisco. The first leg had been on a more comfortable Italian passenger ship from Colombo, Sri Lanka to Hong Kong. In the American ship they were put in lower level accommodations." --Maya Kaimal
Photograph of J.C. Kaimal on Ship
A photograph of J.C. Kaimal in 1954, likely arriving in the San Francisco Bay and preparing to disembark from the President Cleveland.
Photograph of J.C. Kaimal with Friends
J.C. Kaimal aboard the SS President Cleveland with a group of friends including an Indian couple also headed to the University of Washington, Padmini and Ramesh Vasisth. Padmini is pictured in the front row in the patterned sari.
Photograph of San Francisco Bus
"This is the bus that took J.C. Kaimal from San Francisco to Seattle. The bus driver took an instant liking to him and insisted he sit in the front seat and they chatted on the ride. This was a fond memory for my father." --Maya Kaimal