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How did Chinese Americans fit into the white-black racial paradigm? In this episode, residents of D.C.’s Chinatown talk about experiences of both tension and solidarity.

Following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968, riots ripped through downtown D.C. In Episode Seven, Chinatown residents share their memories of living through the riots.

How did the riots affect D.C.’s Chinatown? What impact did they have on the residents, the businesses, and the neighborhood as a whole? Episode Eight offers a sobering look at the riots’ aftermath.

As development boomed in D.C. Chinatown and removed physical traces of what was once a vibrant Chinese American neighborhood, the spirit of Chinatown remains. Episode Nine calls for the preservation of community - not just the preservation of architecture.

In this final episode, Mr. Art Ping Lee shares his story of arriving in Chinatown and, over his long life, building up the neighborhood and supporting the community through his work with the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, On Leong Chinese…