A PBS "American Experience" Original Documentary (PG) The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 had a profound influence on immigration during and beyond its 60 year period of enforcement. This act […]
The first comprehensive immigration reform was enacted in 1882 to exclude Chinese from immigrating to the US and to prohibit them from becoming American citizens. Ted Gong, Director of the […]
JOIN US: Scott D. Seligman on Wong Chin Foo who challenged Denis Kearney on anti-Chinese laws, and a film screening of Rick Burns and Li-Shin Yu’s Chinese Exclusion Act.
Join us as we launch into the 2019 season of Talk Story Programming with an exciting community discussion on the 150th anniversary of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad, […]
Stories of courage and resilience, Chinese fleeing from Shanghai as the communist army engulfs the country becomes the backdrop for vivid narratives of four exiles who represent "the voices, […]