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Only Asian American naval recipient of the Medal of Honor; Eleanor Valentin – rear admiral (lower half), Medical Corps, U.S. Navy. Commander, Naval Medical Support Command [33] Francis B. Wai – captain, U.S. Army. Only Chinese American to have been awarded the Medal of Honor; Ehren Watada – first lieutenant, U.S. Army.
Firsts by Asian-Americans in various fields have historically marked footholds, often leading to more widespread cultural change. The shorthand phrase for them is "breaking the color barrier". [ 4 ] One commonly cited example is that of Wataru Misaka , who became the first person of color, [ 5 ] and the first Asian-American, to be a National ...
Betty Lee Sung (宋李瑞芳) – former professor of Asian-American Studies at City College of New York; 'leading authority' on Chinese Americans [26] [27] Andrew Lih (酈安治) – associate professor of Journalism at American University; Teng Ssu-yu (鄧嗣禹) – Historian of late imperial China, at University of Indiana.
The majority of Americans can’t name a single famous Asian American, according to a recent survey. The most common answers besides "I can't think of one" was Jackie Chan, who's not American, and ...
Since 1957, 41 Asian Americans have been elected as U.S. Representatives and 9 as U.S. Senators. Hawaii was the first of four states to send an Asian American to the Senate (1959) and Illinois is the most recent state to elect a senator of similar descent for the first time (2016).
The true story of Jerry, an ordinary immigrant dad retired in Florida, who becomes a spy for the Chinese police. As his family documents his story, they discover a darker truth. 7 p.m. Sun., April ...
At least 100 or more Asian Americans lived in the Thirteen Colonies around the time of the American Revolution. [16] Four well-documented Asian Americans are known to have fought in the American Revolution (two serving with the American rebels and two with the British). [17] 1778: Chinese sailors first arrive to Hawaii. Many settled down and ...
The history of Chinese Americans or the history of ethnic Chinese in the United States includes three major waves of Chinese immigration to the United States, beginning in the 19th century. Chinese immigrants in the 19th century worked in the California Gold Rush of the 1850s and the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1860s. They also worked as ...