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How and where did Asian Americans live in the 1950s?

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In the 1950 census, there were only two specific racial categories for Asian Americans—Japanese and Chinese. The remainder were aggregated into the “all other” nonwhite category. That census counted 141768 Japanese and 117629 Chinese. read more

In the 1950 census, there were only two specific racial categories for Asian Americans—Japanese and Chinese. The remainder were aggregated into the “all other” nonwhite category. That census counted 141,768 Japanese and 117,629 Chinese. read more

Many Asian-Americans served in the Korean War, which helped to combat Asian discrimination in the U.S. 1950’s - 1960’s Asian-Americans elected to Congress. The first Asian-America to be elected to Congroess was Dalip Singh from California in 1956. Throughout the late 1950’s and 1960’s Asian discrimination in the U.S. began to recede. In 1962 Daniel K. Inouye, from Hawaii, was elected to the Senate and Spark Matsunaga, from Hawaii, to the House. read more

In the 1952 Olympics, three Japanese Americans won gold medals. Two Chinese Americans, Chen Ning Yang and Tsung Dao Lee won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957. In 1959, a group of 3 Asian Singers known as the Kim Singers made it on the Ed Sullivan Show. read more

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