The 442
Named after the famous military unit, this column is designed to school you (in all the best ways) on accomplished Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in history
Portraits of Nisei Soldiers
Courtesy of the National Archives, photo no. 210-CMB-SA2-1665
The Chinese Canadian went from skating on frozen ponds in British Columbia to breaking the color line in NHL arenas
The Japanese American schoolteacher shaped plantation children into champions and invented interval training for competitive swimmers
The Indo Trinidadian immigrant founded Ben’s Chili Bowl, a U.S. capital landmark and living backdrop to the nation's transformative history
A look back at how the Pakistani maestro’s qawwali helped shaped Americana folk in the 1995 film, "Dead Man Walking"
The Mexican Chinese American businesswoman was the “Queen of Refugees" and helped 200 Chinese escape the Battle of Ciudad Juárez
The contentious “Coroner to the Stars” rode the celebrity wave to push forensics to the public consciousness
Mabuhay Gardens in the Bay Area set the stage for acts like Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, and even early thrash metal pioneers such as Metallica
How the racist treatment of Japanese Americans farmers in Hood River, Oregon made national headlines during World War II
You're probably already familiar with Ieoh Ming Pei's other works, which include the Javits Center, the JPMorgan Chase Tower, and more
His time on the MLB was short, but it was still a huge accomplishment at the time