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5 days ago · Wong, a groundbreaking Chinese American actress, is finally getting the recognition that she was denied by the racist American film industry of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Wong built a...
3 days ago · A poignant example is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, a dark piece of legislative bipartisanship driven by political expediency. The Act, which prohibited all immigration of Chinese to the United States, was the first to prevent entry and naturalisation on the basis of race. Prior to 1882, there had been a nativist political current.
2 days ago · The story centers around the Chinese Exclusion Act, the first federal law restricting immigration based explicitly on nationality. It was enacted in 1882 and wasn't repealed until 1943. Hear from ...
2 days ago · Last year, to commemorate the centennial of the Chinese Exclusion Act, the City of Burnaby launched its reconciliation efforts with the Chinese-Canadian community in Burnaby. Reconciliation does ...
3 days ago · A Bay Area author's new book tells the story of 8-year-old Mamie Tape, who fought back discrimination from a San Francisco school in the wake of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Ryan Yamamoto ...
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5 days ago · In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted, imposing a 10-year ban on Chinese immigrant laborers coming to America. The act, driven by prejudice, also targeted other Asian groups such as Japanese, Filipinos, and Koreans seeking immigration, subjecting them to harsh holding conditions instead of entry.
5 days ago · Anna May Wong travelled across the Canadian border early in her career to film motion pictures on location in Canada. The National Archives at Seattle maintains her Chinese Exclusion Act case file documenting her travel across the border at that time. This file can be viewed at 2011/1-1 Anna May Wong. Enlarge.
