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borderlands
Lost L.A.
“We Feel the Want of Protection.” The Politics of Law and Race in California, 1848-1878
Post date:From the beginning, racial and ethnic conflict have been embedded in the matrix of California's development.
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l.a. letters
History & Society
Gratitude in the City of Angels
Post date:Across Los Angeles and Southern California there are many groups working together to keep the faith and make things better. This week L.A. Letters celebrates these people and expresses gratitude for all they do to improve the future of Southern Califor...
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History & Society
For Duty, Country, Posterity: Chinese American Veterans Share Their Stories
Post date:What began as a search for family history has turned into a newly-published book documenting the oral histories of 40 Chinese American war veterans, serving from the 1940s to the modern day.
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l.a. letters
History & Society
Race, Space & Place: Two Books for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Post date:This week for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month L.A. Letters extols two important contemporary Asian Pacific American authors and their most recent books.
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l.a. letters
History & Society
Two Events for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Post date:This week L.A. Letters spotlights several contemporary Asian American poets by previewing two events on Asian American Poetry.
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engaging spaces
History & Society
Ghost Pop: Haunting Boyle Heights with Sounds of an Asian Diaspora
Post date:The largely Latino family and youth audience listened to the sounds influenced by the Asian Diaspora.
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evergreen cemetery
History & Society
Evergreen Cemetery: Snapshots of a Forever Changing Boyle Heights
Post date:African American, Japanese, Armenian, Mexican, Irish, French, Jewish, English, Scottish, Union, Confederate -- all are represented at this first privately operated cemetery in Los Angeles, opened in 1877.
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chinese american
History & Society
House Expresses Regret for Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Post date:In a rare move, the House of Representatives apologizes for the 130-year-old law that prohibited many Chinese from immigrating to the United States.
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Transcontinental Railroad
History & Society
Exclusionary Laws and the Chinese-American Experience
Post date:This week in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act barred immigration from China. While this marked a significant point in U.S. history when a specific group was targeted in an exclusionary immigration law, it was not the first of its kind, nor was it the la...