San Francisco

The Chinese Exclusion Act

Name: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Start: 2009-06-04T19:30:00
End: 2009-06-04T19:30:00
Location: SPUR Urban Center

Lunchtime Forum

12:30 p.m. | Thursday, June 4, 2009

A dark theme of 19th century San Francisco was its racism, including the passing of anti-Chinese city ordinances, and the participation in demonstrations and Congressional hearings leading up to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Connie Young Yu, historian and vice president of the Chinese Historical Society of America, discusses how Chinese survived in San Francisco in the era of Exclusion with the help of American friends and business partners.

Location

SPUR Urban Center

654 Mission Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Admission

Free to members
$5 for non-members
Okay to bring lunch

Refund Policy

Sponsorship payments: Will not be refunded, as sponsorship benefits take effect immediately and are on-going through the date of the event.

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