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- 1. A famous fashion designer with Chinese-Japanese heritage, she launched her 1999 fashion line Baby Phat to great reviews.
- 5. This enslaved African-American acted as a preacher in his community and when he got his freedom, he founded the first and oldest Black Baptist Church in Austin, Texas.
- 6. This famous tennis player was the first Asian player to be ranked No.1 in her field, born to a Haitian-American father and Japanese mother.
- 7. Believed to be the first casualty of the Texas Independence War, this man reportedly said as his final words "I am a dead man, but don't let the other boys know it."
- 8. This businessman came to Texas in 1820 and was called upon to act as an interpreter for Sam Houston with the Cherokee native Americans.
- 9. The most famous black samurai warrior, he was brought to Japan as an enslaved man and served under Oda Nobunaga in the 1580s.
- 10. Known as the first enslaved black man to come to Texas, this Moroccan man is one of the only four survivors of the Narvaez expedition.
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- 2. Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper is an American rapper, singer and actress from Filipino and Chinese descent.
- 3. The former vice president, this famous African American has Indian heritage.
- 4. An enslaved man by Sam Houston, he was allowed to learn to read and write and in fact was freed in 1863 by Sam Houston before the man died.