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The Locke Historic District, also known as the town of Locke, California, was built in 1915 by Chinese immigrants from Heungshan [Xiangshan] County (modern day… Read More »Locke Historic-District

Vincent Jen Chin (Chinese: 陳果仁; May 18, 1955 – June 23, 1982) was an American draftsman of Chinese descent who was killed in a racially motivated assault by two… Read More »Killing of Vincent Chin

An Wang (February 7, 1920 – March 24, 1990) was a Chinese–American computer engineer and inventor, and cofounder of computer company Wang Laboratories, which was known primarily… Read More »An Wang (王安), computer engineer and inventor

Wong Tsu (10 August 1893 – 4 March 1965) was a Chinese aeronautical engineer who was the first aeronautical engineer at Boeing. >> Read more at Wikipedia

Lum v. Rice, 275 U.S. 78 (1927), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the exclusion on account of race of a child of Chinese ancestry from… Read More »Lum v. Rice

Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886), was the first case where the United States Supreme Court ruled that a law that is race-neutral on its… Read More »Yick Wo v. Hopkins

Feng Ru (1883–1912), also known as Fung Joe Guey (馮珠九), was a pioneering Chinese aviator and aircraft designer. He was the first aviator to fly in the West… Read More »Feng Ru (冯如), Aviation Pioneer

Chien-Shiung Wu (May 31, 1912 – February 16, 1997) was a Chinese-American particle and experimental physicist who made significant contributions in the fields of nuclear and particle physics. Her expertise in experimental physics evoked comparisons… Read More »Chien-Shiung Wu (吴健雄), the First Lady of Physics

Wong Chin Foo (1847–1898) was a Chinese-American activist, journalist, lecturer, and one of the most prolific Chinese writers in the San Francisco press of the 19th century. Wong,… Read More »Wong Chin Foo （王淸福）， Chinese-American activist

Wong Liu Tsong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961), known professionally as Anna May Wong, was an American actress, considered the first Chinese-American movie star in Hollywood. >> Read… Read More »Anna May Wong (黄柳霜)， the first Asian-American movie star