Asian Americans In Congress
27th May 2014Benito Legarda y Tuason and Pablo Ocampo joined the House in 1907 as Resident Commissioners, becoming the first Asian Americans to serve in the Congress, albeit as non-voting members, and beginning the representation …
Asian-American history is the history of ethnic and racial groups in the United States who are of Asian descent. Spickard (2007) shows that “‘Asian American’ was an idea invented in the 1960s to bring together Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino Americans for strategic political purposes.
A growing number of Asian-American candidates are running for elected office at all levels of government, particularly in California.
Washington, being the political capital and with next year’s presidential elections in the horizon, fittingly this list of influential Asian Americans in the political field includes many who were or are in the executive and legislative branches of the government, former and current top aides and campaign staff, as well as advocates.
A unique sociological exploration of the historical, political, demographic, and cultural issues that make up today’s diverse Asian American community — like an online version of Asian Americans 101.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice condemns any trading on the lives of immigrants who have lived and worked in the U.S. for decades or pitting parents, family members, and other immigrant communities against the people that we seek to protect.
Fighting for civil rights and empowering Asian Americans to create a more just America for all.
Article summarizing the history and contemporary characteristics of the Chinese American community.
ASIAN AMERICANS. The success story of the 80s has been the catchphrase used in the media to describe certain groups of Asian Americans–especially the American-born ren of emigrants from China, Japan, and Korea.
Black Americans in Congress: An Introduction. The arrival of Senator Hiram Revels of Mississippi and Representative Joseph Rainey of South Carolina on Capitol Hill in 1870 ranks among the great paradoxes in American history; just a decade earlier, these African Americans’ congressional seats were held by southern slave owners.
