“Bay Area People” hosted by Claudine Wong on KTVU FOX-2 toured CHSA’s exhibition Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion with Executive Director Sue Lee. Artistic Director Lenora Lee of Lenora Lee Dance also performed at CHSA to preview her upcoming dance piece at Angel Island. View the segments on KTVU’s website: Tour of CHSA’s exhibit Lenora Lee Dance performance
NBC Bay Area explores CHSA’s new exhibit
Asian Pacific America with Robert Handa visited the Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion exhibition at CHSA during an episode that aired on NBC Bay Area January 29, 2017. CHSA’s Executive Director Sue Lee and historian Connie Young Yu are also interviewed. Watch the episode online in 3-part segments: Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion Chinese Exclusion Act Inclusion
NBC features CHSA in “The Story of Chinese American Immigrants in the Bay Area”
CHSA was featured in a special episode of Asian Pacific America with Robert Handa about “The Story of Chinese American Immigrants in the Bay Area.” This episode, which aired December 24. 2016 on NBC Bay Area, chronicled the struggles faced by early Chinese immigrants during the Exclusion era. Among those interviewed were CHSA Executive Director Sue Lee, community historian and CHSA Board Emeritus Connie Young Yu. James Leong’s One Hundred Years’ History of the Chinese in America was also featured in the show as a narrative thread. Watch the episode online (in four-part segments) here: Part 1 Part 2 Part … [read more →]
“Chinese American” in the Media!
San Francisco Chronicle – NY gives SF vivid view of Chinese immigrants’ history [PDF] CCTV America – Exhibit exploring Chinese Exclusion Act opens in San Francisco, Youtube NTDTV –《美籍華人》歷史展 再現百年移民路 Epoch Times – 舊金山《美籍華人》歷史展 再現華人百年移民路, e-paper archive World Journal – [PDF] Hoodline – 13 Events To Check Out This Weekend In North Beach Xinhua News Agency – 美国华人历史学会推出全新华人在美历史展览 KQED – Landmark Exhibit Tells The Essential Story of Chinese America NBC News Asian America – Chinese-American History Finds Permanent Home in San Francisco SF Examiner – In-depth exhibit details Chinese-American experience Laney Tower – Chinese Historical Society of America exhibition in … [read more →]
CHSA will re-open November 5 with landmark exhibition
Media contact: David Perry / (415) 767-1067 / news@davidperry.com On Saturday, November 5 Chinese Historical Society Museum Reopens Landmark Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion Exhibition, Is Largest Ever for Esteemed Institution in San Francisco’s Chinatown 21 September 2016 – San Francisco, CA: It is said that good things come to those that wait, and the reopening of San Francisco’s Chinese Historical Society of America (www.chsa.org) is indeed a good thing — a landmark thing, actually. On Saturday, November 5, the oldest museum dedicated to the Chinese American experience re-opens after a summer of renovation with the most extensive and important exhibition in … [read more →]
Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion
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