Looking back as a historian of immigration and religion, I'm struck by three changes in U.S. views of immigration over the course of the 19th century.. Religion, more than race. By the 20th ...

This law prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the U.S. It also made Chinese immigrants permanent aliens by excluding them from U.S. citizenship. By the early 20th century, Columbus had a booming ...

The ban was part of rising anti-Chinese sentiment and broader anti-Asian legislation in the 19th century. In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed to stop Chinese immigrants from becoming ...

In my family, tales of anti-Chinese racism are passed from one generation to the next. A century ago, my great-grandparents, Wallace and Tungert Chong, were forced to get special documentation ...

In the mid-19th century, Chinese immigrants built much of the developing American West. The community was often met with hostility and violence.

Emma J. Teng, a professor of Asian Civilizations at MIT, is author of the book Eurasian: Mixed Identities in Hong Kong, China and the US during the Treaty Port Era, 1842-1943, which looks at ...

Down the Rabbit Hole on Nashville's Small 19th Century Chinese Immigrant Community Taking a deep dive on Chang Ze Yow, the first Chinese person to die in Nashville, who was buried at Mount Ararat ...

In the 19th century, ... These perceptions of contract workers were built upon the existing racist idea that Chinese immigrants to the United States were “coolies,” or unfree indentured workers.

19th-century Supreme Court case takes center stage in birthright citizenship appeal. ... Wong Kim Ark granted citizenship to the American-born child of Chinese immigrants. Monique Merrill / June 4, ...

In fact, as Prof. Ferdinand Philip Victoria's research has shown, Chinese immigrants in the 19th century were engaged in the business of narcotics and illegal gambling (among others), often with ...

On the history of Chinese immigration to the U.S.: ... China was riven by rebellions and essentially civil war through the course of the 19th century. So, people were leaving for opportunity." ...