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Julie Chu, who is three-quarters Chinese and one-quarter Puerto Rican, [32] is an American Olympic ice hockey player who played for the United States women's ice hockey team. She was also the US Olympic Team Flag Bearer for the 2014 Winter Olympic Closing Ceremonies. [33] Kyle Larson became the first driver of Asian descent to win in the NASCAR ...
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature (3 vol. 2008) excerpt and text search; Japanese American National Museum. Encyclopedia of Japanese American History: An A-To-Z Reference from 1868 to the Present (2nd ed. 2000) Kim, Hyung-Chan, ed. Dictionary of Asian American History (1986) 629pp; online edition
He is the first Asian-American head coach in any of the four major North American sports leagues. [90] [91] 2010: Rich Cho becomes the first Asian-American general manager of an NBA team, the Portland Trail Blazers. [92] 2019: Jeremy Lin becomes the first Asian-American NBA Champion. [93]
This Saturday, Feb. 22, is the 45th anniversary of Team USA's improbable "Miracle on Ice" 4-3 upset victory and Michaels is still best known to past generations of fans for his iconic call during ...
The United States competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. It was the first Summer Olympics in which the athletes marched under the present 50-star flag. 292 competitors, 241 men and 51 women, took part in 147 events in 17 sports. [1] The 1960 Summer Olympics was the first Olympics in history that was being covered by a television ...
“Asian American ‘80s,” now streaming on the Criterion Channel, spotlights 12 landmark and underappreciated Asian American films.
Before the 1960s, Asian immigrants to the United States were often perceived as a threat to Western civilization in what became known as "Yellow Peril".This in turn led to the mistreatment and abuse of Asians in America across generations, through historical incidents like the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Japanese internment camps, and the Vietnam War. [4]
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