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Who was the first Chinese American to serve as an attorney?

Norman Bay (1986): First Chinese American male to serve as a U.S. Attorney in the U.S. (2000-2001) Leonard Staisey (1948): First blind male lawyer (who later became a judge) to serve as an Assistant District Attorney (1950) in the U.S.

Who is the first Filipino lawyer in the US?

Pablo Manlapit (1919): First male lawyer of Filipino descent in the U.S. You Chung Hong (1923): First Chinese American male lawyer to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court (1933) Herbert Choy (1941): First Korean American male lawyer in the U.S.

Who is the first black lawyer in the US?

Roger Demosthenes O'Kelly (1908): First African American deaf male lawyer in the U.S. Pablo Manlapit (1919): First male lawyer of Filipino descent in the U.S. You Chung Hong (1923): First Chinese American male lawyer to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court (1933) Herbert Choy (1941): First Korean American male lawyer in the U.S.

What is the history of Chinese Americans?

In the 19th century, Sino–U.S. maritime trade began the history of Chinese Americans. At first only a handful of Chinese came, mainly as merchants, former sailors, to America. The first Chinese people of this wave arrived in the United States around 1815. Subsequent immigrants that came from the 1820s up to the late 1840s were mainly men.

Who is the Chinese legal studies center named after?

Stories and News. Chinese Legal Studies Center Named for Hong Yen Chang 1886, the First Chinese Lawyer in the U.S. A successful $5 million fundraising effort will endow the center in Chang’s name and bolster groundbreaking U.S.-China legal research and programming. Pictured: Hong Yen Chang, circa 1890, around the time he moved from New York ...

Where was Chang born?

Chang was born in Guangdong, China, in 1859 or 1860, and, after his father died, came to the United States in 1872 as part of the Chinese Educational Mission, a program to educate outstanding Chinese boys with academic promise.

Where did Hong Yen Chang live?

Pictured: Hong Yen Chang, circa 1890, around the time he moved from New York to California, hoping to practice law. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.