‘Momentous’: Asian Americans laud Anna May Wong’s US quarter

FILE - Chinese American actor Anna May Wong appears at a luncheon at the Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles on Oct. 29, 1942. More than 60 years after her death, Wong will be the first Asian American to grace U.S. currency. The U.S. Mint announced it will begin shipping quarters with her likeness later this month. (AP Photo, File)