Governor of California from 1852-1856, known for advocating the foreign miners license tax targeting Chinese immigrants as a means to restrict their movement and labor opportunities.

A shoe factory owner in North Adams, Massachusetts, who replaced striking white workers with Chinese laborers, highlighting labor disputes involving class and ethnic tensions.

A Japanese immigrant in San Francisco who became a successful businessman and advocated for Japanese settlement and farming in America.

A successful Japanese potato farmer in California who became a millionaire despite facing discrimination, exemplifying the agricultural prominence within the Japanese American community.

A Filipino author who immigrated to the US during the Great Depression, known for his works detailing the Filipino experience with racism and exploitation in America.

A pioneering sociologist and first-generation Chinese American who advocated for Chinese-American rights and documented wartime contributions, offering insight into mid-20th-century Chinese American communities.