America Together: Celebrating Diversity Podcast

An american hero in every respect, Hawaii senator Daniel Inouye started his long career of public service at just 17, volunteering for the red cross and tending to soldiers injured in the pearl harbor attack. Inouye put his dream of becoming a surgeon on hold to join the army, enlisting in the storied 442nd regimental combat team - comprised mainly of second-generation japanese american men. Through his service in world war two, Inouye earned the distinguished Silver Cross, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart, after losing his arm in a grenade blast in Italy. Politics came next; Daniel Inouye became the first congressman to serve Hawaii after it achieved statehood in 1959, then joined the Senate in 1962 until his death in 2012. Inouye was the first Japanese-American person to serve in each house.   Inouye was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in the year 2000 along with 19 other veterans of the 442nd, after Congress and the U.S. Military reviewed the cases of men who may have been denied the honor due to racism. In 2013, President Barack Obama posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom - making Daniel Inouye the first - and to date, the only - senator to receive the nation's two highest honors.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrating Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage. One of the first Korean congresswomen, Young Kim (R), represents the 39th congressional district of California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Celebrating the milestones of Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage.  The Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander community have come along way. Each with their own cultural distinctions, but all contributing to America's long colorful history. Starting in the 1800s the first settlers on the Asia Pacific were sailing across the oceans to find riches in the California gold rush. More than 20 million Asian Americans today trace their roots back to 20 countries in east, southeast, and south. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer. Pioneer of computer programming. Popularized the use of 'bug' to describe computer malfunctions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first women to receive a medical degree in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marie Curie was a physicist, chemist and a pioneer in the study of radiation. She and her husband, Pierre, discovered the elements polonium and radium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clarissa Harlowe Barton was a pioneering American nurse who founded the American Red Cross. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former democratic senator from Illinois.  The first African-American woman Senator.  Only the 2nd Black Senator since the Reconstruction Era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whitney M. Young Jr. served as the Former Executive Director, National Urban League Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. John Carlos, 1968 bronze medalist and known for raising his fist along side Tommy Smith. Jack Brewer in the NFL and become a successful businessman. A member of Black Voices for Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices