Through a unique collection of artifacts, images, documents, and personal stories, The Chinese of California
explores the complex history and unique challenges of Chinese Americans
in their fight for civil rights. As legislation exemplified by the
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 removed the constitutional guarantee of
equal protection under the law for people of Chinese descent,
discrimination and violent attacks intensified against them, leaving
Chinese Californians to fight for basic human ri ...
... ghts—and for the very
existence of their communities.
A first-ever collaboration of The Bancroft Library of the
University of California at Berkeley, California Historical Society,
and Chinese Historical Society of America, The Chinese of California.
will challenge preconceptions about the Chinese immigrant experience by
telling the story through the voices of Chinese Californians
themselves.
Exhibit:
Now - August 20, 2008
Califor ...
... nia Historical Society
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
