Guided tour of the Chinese Exclusion Act exhibit
AFSA February Tea Hours
Special Event in Connection with the
Opening Ceremony of the Chinese Exclusion Exhibit
guest speaker:
Dr. Franklin Ng,
Coordinator of Asian American Studies and Professor of Anthropology
special activity:
Guided tour of the Chinese Exclusion Act exhibit
date:
Wednesday, February 24
time:
Noon to 1:30 p.m.
location:
2nd Floor of the Henry Madden Library Auditorium 2206
Light snacks and tea will be served.
RSVP: E-mail Yoshiko Takahashi at ytakahashi@csufresno.edu by Feb. 17
For more information about AFSA (Asian Faculty/Staff Association): Web site: www.csufresno.edu/afsa
Chinese Exclusion Act Exhibit: Feb. 19—March 16 on the 2nd floor of the Henry Madden Library
The exhibition is sponsored by the College of Social Sciences, the Anthropology Department and the Amerasia Club.
Remembering 1882: Fighting for Civil Rights in the Shadow of the Chinese Exclusion Act
This important exhibit focuses on the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which had a dramatic effect on immigrant populations for decades afterward. In 1882, Congress passed the nation’s first immigration legislation—”a law to prevent people of Chinese descent from entering the United States. The law would tear apart families and cut the nation’s Chinese American population in half while removing their right to become U.S. citizens. This exhibit explores the historical debate from its origins through the full repeal in 1968, the civil rights struggle of Chinese Americans and their allies, and the historic importance of habeas corpus in the Chinese American community.
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