by justin | Oct 3, 2018 | Exhibits, Fight Exclusion, Traveling Exhibits
Women have played a vital role in the course of human civilization, but much of their accomplishments and contributions have been excluded from history. Throughout California’s history, Chinese American women have contributed to the economy of our state....
by justin | Jul 20, 2018 | Blog, Fight Exclusion
Immigrant Families Torn Apart, Then And Now By Connie Young Yu Mrs. Lee Yoke Suey, widow of an American-born citizen, returning to San Francisco from China with her family in January 1924, was barred from entry, separated from her children and imprisoned on Angel...
by justin | Jul 13, 2018 | Blog, Fight Exclusion, News and Press
Dear Friends, Under the Trump Administration’s zero-tolerance policy, families fleeing violence in Central America and elsewhere have been captured near the border, the children torn from their parents and held in separate tents and cages. A public outcry forced the...
by justin | Apr 19, 2017 | Fight Exclusion
We remember 1882 in 2017 with fervor and resolve. This is another watershed year in American history. 2017 will be remembered by how we respond to the edicts of President Trump—the travel bans, orders for a wall against Mexico, the barring of refugees, and the...
by justin | Apr 19, 2017 | Fight Exclusion
Starting this May APA Heritage Month 2017, we will host a series of events and exhibits about the legacy of Exclusion and its lessons for today. Learn the history of Exclusion, build community, and take action at these upcoming events and special exhibits: Ongoing...
by justin | Apr 19, 2017 | Fight Exclusion
#fightexclusion #repealexclusion #neveragain While the original Chinese Exclusion Act was officially repealed in 1943, exclusionary immigration policies that began during the Chinese Exclusion era remain institutionalized to this day. Share with us @chsamuseum on...
by justin | Apr 18, 2017 | CAEI, Fight Exclusion
Download CHSA’s free handout “What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?” (pdf) Intense social conflicts divided economic classes, racialized groups, and immigrants from the native born as America industrialized in the 1870s, and economic depressions...
by justin | Oct 8, 2007 | Fight Exclusion, Traveling Exhibits
In 1882 Congress passed the nation’s first major immigration legislation — a law to prevent people of Chinese descent from entering the United States. The law would tear apart families, cut the nation’s Chinese American population in half, and remove the...
