December 17: A Date to Remember December 17 should be a day of remembrance and celebration. This was the date that the Chinese exclusion laws were repealed in 1943, sixty years after the 1882 act barred Chinese from immigrating to…
1882 Foundation Recognized in China The 1882 Foundation was among eight organizations from around the world to receive awards for their work promoting the history and culture of Overseas Chinese. Other organizations included language, social services and community entities from…
Linking Heritage, History and Immigration Executive Director Ted Gong recently received a legacy award from the Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation. The Virginia foundation is dedicated to honoring and continuing the tradition of those who formed the first rural branch of…
Videos on Chinese Americans Defending the Nation https://youtu.be/ewgoHWyMW6o Comments on Chinese Americans in WWII, go to: https://archive.org/details/CSPAN3_20151018_194000_Chinese_Americans_in_China_During_World_War_II See Kurt Lee, Uncommon Courage, Breakout at Chosen, Korean War: http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/videos/uncommon-courage-breakout-at-chosin-sneak-peek/12677 https://vimeo.com/88290470 More on Kurt Lee: https://vimeo.com/88290470 https://youtu.be/9M3Y6OBs5jc https://youtu.be/qAUrZjSdyeE
Havana's Chinatown: So Where Are the Chinese People? by Roberta Chew An occasional post by the author for D.C. Talk Story and the 1882 Project and Foundation. See disclaimer below. We had scant time to visit Havana’s Chinatown (El Barrio…
This is the first post for DC Talk Story by Roberta L. Chew, a former Foreign Service Officer and San Francisco native. Let us know what you think. We welcome your questions or comments. This spring, I made a point…