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Timeline: Asian-American History, Late 1800s
Asian immigration to America, 1600s to the present by David Johnson 1860 1870 1880 1890 Next: 20th Century 1860 Japan sends first diplomatic mission to U.S. Top 1862 Chinese…Timeline: Asian-American History, 1950-Present
Asian immigration to America, 1600s to the present by David Johnson 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Back to Beginning 1952 McCarran-Walter Act abolishes race an immigration…Facts and Stats about Asian Americans and Their Cultures
Find population and demographic information and immigration statistics and read about Asian languages. Featured Biography Yuan T. Lee Chemist Immigration Foreign-…Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Asian Americans account for nearly 5% of the American population and are the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group in the U.S. But this is a group not as widely acknowledged as other ethnic…Timeline: Asian-American History, 20th Century
Asian immigration to America, 1600s to the present by David Johnson 1900s 1913 1920s 1940s Next: 1950–Present 1903 Korean workers enter Hawaii. Filipino students arrive in U.S…Fong, Hiram Leong
(Encyclopedia) Fong, Hiram Leong, 1906–2004, U.S. politician, b. Honolulu as Yau Leong Fong. The child of poor Chinese immigrants, he graduated from the Univ. of Hawaii (1930) and Havard Law School (…Mineta, Norman Yoshio
(Encyclopedia) Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931–2022, American government official, the first Asian American to be appointed to a cabinet post, b. San Jose…Kim, Jim Yong
(Encyclopedia) Kim, Jim Yong, 1959–, Korean-American physician, university administrator, and global health specialist, b. Seoul, grad. Brown (A.B., 1982), Harvard (M.D., 1991, Ph.D., 1993). He moved…Bell, Derrick Albert, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Bell, Derrick Albert, Jr., 1930–2011, American lawyer, legal scholar, and educator, b. Pittsburgh, Pa., grad. Duquesne Univ. (A.B., 1952), Univ. of Pittsburgh Law School (LL.B., 1957…Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May is Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month—a celebration of Asian and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Much like Black History and Women's History celebrations, APA Heritage Month…