Oakland Chinatown History Slideshow

Oakland Chinatown History Slideshow

Thursday, January 26, 2006 7 pm
Oakland Asian Cultural Center
Suite 290 (Second Floor)
Pacific Renaissance Plaza
388 9th Street
Oakland, CA

Author and social historian William Wong will present a slideshow of images from his Images of America: Oakland's Chinatown photo history book and from his ongoing oral history project on Oakland Chinese Americans of the pre-World War II era.

Phoenix, Arizona's Chinatown

A January 21, 2006 article by Angela Cara Pancrazio in the Arizona Republic details the movement to preserve the remnants of Phoenix, Arizona's Chinatown and shares some of the history of this Chinese American community: Row Over Chinatown Landmark Stirs Memories