A shocking chapter in American history—unknown to most Americans—unfolds in the new documentary The Chinese Exclusion Act.For more than 60 years—between 1882 and 1943—federal law banned ...

A Chinese man stands on a pedestal surrounded by a harbor as a cartoon imitation of the Statue of Liberty. His clothes are tattered, his hair is in a long, thin tail, his eyes squint. The words ...

The act did nothing to change American attitudes toward Chinese immigrants. Violence against them continued. In 1892, Congress passed legislation that barred Chinese immigration indefinitely.

The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America. By Beth Lew-Williams. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 360 pages, $39.95 ...

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was passed, preventing people of Chinese descent from entering the United States. Now, the Chinese Historical Society of America has put together a traveling ...

The staged photograph is an eerie artifact of the growing anti-Chinese sentiment of the mid-to-late nineteenth century, which culminated in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Scott Act of 1888.

A Statue for Our Harbor was published in 1881. It expressed the fear of Chinese immigrants, which led to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act 135 years ago. Image: George Frederick Keller ...