U.S. Congress Apologizes for the Chinese Exclusion Act
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01/03/2016
Judy Chu Introduces Resolution of Regret for Chinese Exclusion Act
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01/03/2016
House GOP: We Remember the Repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Laws
https://youtu.be/AMzgMr19ps0 Also see Date to Remember in Ideas and Conversations and commemorative events at the Alexandria Black History Museum under Activities and Events.
01/03/2016
U.S. Senate Apologizes for Chinese Exclusion Act
U.S. Senate Apologizes for Chinese Exclusion Act by Dan Margolis October 11 2011 It's been 129 years since the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed, but the Oct. 6 Senate resolution apologizing for it was welcomed nonetheless. The resolution also apologizes for other anti-Chinese legislation enacted in the subsequent 60 years and puts the Senate on record as affirming for Chinese and other Asian immigrants the same civil rights afforded other nationalities. "The enactment of Chinese Exclusionary laws is a shameful part of our history…
01/03/2016
Comments on Resolutions Condemning Chinese Exclusion Laws
POPVOX User Comments Supporting a Resolution “Expressing regret for laws that adversely affected the Chinese in the US including the Chinese Exclusion Act” PopVox is a web-based medium that tracks pending legislation in Congress. It allows citizens to express their opinion for or against proposed legislation. In the final weekend before the House vote on the House Resolution to condemn the 1882 Act and laws of exclusion, PopVox recorded the following user comments. Except when included in the body of message, indicators of the person’s…
01/03/2016
Immigration and Civil Rights: 1965 and Beyond – October 1, 2015 Event
Immigration & Civil Rights: 1965 and Beyond – October 1, 2015 event by Roberta L. Chew The third in our series commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 Immigration & Nationality Act and the Civil Rights Movement. Moving from the past to the present, we focused on the civil rights movement of the 1960s, showing clips from three documentary films which depicted aspects of the turbulent social change of the times. Freedom Rider documents the six-month campaign in 1961 when a group of black and…
01/01/2016