# Sherman Wu

> Sherman Hsiu-huang Wu was a Chinese-American social activist and professor, whose experiences at Northwestern University brought the issue of discrimination against Asian Americans to the fore. The general condemnation of the prejudice exhibited against him presaged later actions in the Asian American movement.

*Chinese American academic*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1937
- **Died:** 2010-05-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Sherman Hsiu-huang Wu was a Chinese-American social activist and professor, whose experiences at Northwestern University brought the issue of discrimination against Asian Americans to the fore. The general condemnation of the prejudice exhibited against him presaged later actions in the Asian American movement.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.9 / 100
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- **Attention shift:** 61.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 41.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Sherman Wu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Wu)
- [吳修潢](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%B3%E4%BF%AE%E6%BD%A2)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7495275)

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