02428nam 2200589Ia 450 991046340520332120200520144314.0988-8180-74-6988-220-843-6(CKB)3170000000060928(EBL)1187367(SSID)ssj0000907041(PQKBManifestationID)11568758(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000907041(PQKBWorkID)10873913(PQKB)10119708(StDuBDS)EDZ0000155729(MiAaPQ)EBC1187367(OCoLC)843532261(MdBmJHUP)muse25537(Au-PeEL)EBL1187367(CaPaEBR)ebr10689933(EXLCZ)99317000000006092820130114d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe first Chinese American[electronic resource] the remarkable life of Wong Chin Foo /Scott D. SeligmanHong Kong Hong Kong University Pressc20131 online resource (397 p.)Description based upon print version of record.988-8139-89-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-355) and index.Chinese in America endured abuse and discrimination in the late nineteenth century, but they had a leader and a fighter in Wong Chin Foo (1847-1898), whose story is a forgotten chapter in the struggle for equal rights in America. The first to use the term ""Chinese American,"" Wong defended his compatriots against malicious scapegoating and urged them to become Americanized to win their rights. A trailblazer and a born showman who proclaimed himself China's first Confucian missionary to the United States, he founded America's first association of Chinese voters and testified before Congress toChinese AmericansBiographyCivil rights workersUnited StatesBiographyChinese American journalistsBiographyElectronic books.Chinese AmericansCivil rights workersChinese American journalists323.11951073092Seligman Scott D1041599MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463405203321The first Chinese American2465256UNINA