Vincent Chin

Vincent Chin

male, deceased (1982)
racial hatred, Asian American, pan-ethnic Asian American movement, racially motivated violence in the United States, manslaughter, ChineseAmericanhistory…Asian American issues, Chinese American, American
Vincent Chin (1955 - June 23, 1982) was a Chinese American industrial draftsman murdered in 1982 in the United States, in the Detroit, Michigan...

Jack Manion

male, deceased (1959)
chinatown, tong, American, From San Francisco, chinese, ChineseAmericanhistory…Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, Chinese Six Companies
John J. (Jack) Manion, (1877-March 1959) San Francisco Police Sergeant, was assigned by Chief Dan O'Brien in 1921 to head up the notorious 16...
Dennis Kearney

Dennis Kearney

male, deceased (1907)
Benjamin Butler, James Bryce, Sailor, monopoly, Irish-born United States political figure, racist…ChineseAmericanhistory, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese immigrant, Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Dennis Kearney (1847-1907) was a California populist political leader in the late 19th century, known for his nativist and racist political views...

Charles Goodall Lee

male, deceased (1973)
University of the Pacific, Clara Elizabeth Chan, Chinese American Citizens Alliance, 1906 san francisco earthquake, American, Chinese Community Methodist Church of Oakland…ChineseAmericanhistory, American dentist, Chinese American
Dr. Charles Goodall Lee, was an American dentist, and the first licensed Chinese American dentist, and financed the lodge building of the Chinese...
Chin Lin Sou

Chin Lin Sou

male, 172 years old
Denver, Chinese American, black hawk, guangzhou, Cottonwood, ChineseAmericanhistory
Chin Lin Sou (born ca. 1837) was an influential leader in the Chinese American community and prominent figure in Colorado. He immigrated to the...
Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee

Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee

female, deceased (1993)
Methodist, Chan Hon Fun, ChineseAmericanhistory, Chinese Community Methodist Church of Oakland, Methodist history, Oakland Chinatown…Chinese American
Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee was the first Chinese American woman voter in the United States. She registered to vote on 1911-11-08 in California. Clara...
Roy Bean

Roy Bean

male, deceased (1903)
From San Antonio, Texas, ChineseAmericanhistory, pecos, pecos river, From Kentucky, from San Antonio
Phantly Roy Bean, the "Hangin' Judge", (c. 1825 - March 16, 1903) was an eccentric U.S. saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace who called himself...

Otis T. Gibson

male
Methodist, Dickinson College, ChineseAmericanhistory, Moira, Methodist history, Women's Missionary Society of the Pacific Coast
Otis T. Gibson was a Methodist missionary. Born in Moira, New York he attended Dickinson College. There he became acquanted with Erastus Wentworth...

Charles Miner Goodall

male
california state assembly, entrepreneur, ChineseAmericanhistory, Mountain View Cemetery, Pacific Coast Steam Ship Company, Goodall, Nelson and Perkins
Captain Charles Miner Goodall was born in England and was a California entrepreneur. Along with George Clement Perkins and Nelson founded the...