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Social_Jim Crow Ng Poon Chew and Chinese in America

Beginning in the mid-1800s, Chinese people began to immigrate to the United States. Many came to escape troubles in China and to find work in America. Chinese immigrants became an important part of the labor force on the West Coast and in port cities along the Eastern seaboard. As their population grew in the later 1800s, the Chinese Americans began to re-create their traditional cultural practices in America.

One prominent early Chinese leader was Ng Poon Chow. Ng owned a daily Chinese newspaper, was a well-respected public speaker, and famous writer. He was one the first Chinese immigrants to become a public figure nationally. Search Results The Library of Congress > American Memory Home > Search Results Item 1 of 3 for Ng Poon Chew Back to Results list Previous Item | Next Item Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century Click on picture for larger image, full item, or more versions [Rights and Reproductions]

Item Title Ng Poon Chew : Chinese statesman and journalist. Created/Published [191-?] Medium 4 p. : ill., ports. ; Subjects Lecturers. Statesmen. Journalists. Scholars. China. Object Type text Related Names Chew, Ng Poon. Repository University of Iowa Libraries, Special Collections Department, Iowa City, IA 52242-1420 Source Collection Redpath Chautauqua Collection. DIGITAL ID http://sdrcdata.lib.uiowa.edu/libsdrc/details.jsp?id=/chewng/1 http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r? ammem/tccc:@field(DOCID+@lit(tc1236)) In the 1800s, most Chinese Americans settled in California. The city of San Francisco, located in Northern California, was the first major city to host a large Chinese population. In the city, many of the Chinese lived near one another, in the city’s “Chinatown.” PREVIOUS NEXT NEW SEARCH The Chinese in California, 1850-1925

[no.1]: From Miscellaneous Selections : San Francisco's Chinatown - Architectural Space: Official map of "Chinatown" in San Francisco CREATOR San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors. Special Committee on Chinatown CREATED/PUBLISHED San Francisco: The Committee, c1885 PART OF GROUP Miscellaneous Selections : San Francisco's Chinatown - Architectural Space Miscellaneous Selections : San Francisco's Chinatown - Architectural Space: Official map of "Chinatown" in San Francisco GROUP SUMMARY Covers area bounded by California, Stockton, Broadway, and Kearney Streets. Color coded to show general Chinese occupancy, Chinese gambling houses, Chinese prostitution, Chinese opium resorts, Chinese joss houses, and White prostitution. "The map and colors show only the first, or street floor of Chinatown and the occupancy of same." Oriented with north to right. SUBJECTS San Francisco's Chinatown - Architectural Space Crime -- California -- San Francisco -- Maps. Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Maps. TYPE image CALL NUMBER G4364.S5:2C45 1885.S2 no.1 copy 2 REPOSITORY The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley DIGITAL ID cubcic brk3065 http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cic:@field(DOCID+@lit(brk3065)) Many aspects of Chinese could be found throughout American culture. Seen here is a traditional Chinese dragon in a “fiesta” parade in Los Angeles. PREVIOUS NEXT NEW SEARCH

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925

"Chinese Dragon. La Fiesta Parade, Los Angeles, Cal., May 2, 1902": From General Subjects Social Groups: Chinese (large photographs)

CREATED/PUBLISHED 2 May 1902

PART OF GROUP General Subjects Social Groups General Subjects Social Groups: Chinese (large photographs)

SUBJECTS Chinese/Chinese American Communities Chinese -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs. Chinese Americans -- Social life and customs.

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CALL NUMBER GS Social Groups: Chinese I: 24944

REPOSITORY California Historical Society

DIGITAL ID cubcic chs408 Though the Chinese came to America hopeful of new opportunities, their arrival was often met with difficulty, anger, and resentment. One issue that became important in America was the idea of “Chinese Exclusion.” From the 1850s through the late 1870s, a large number of Chinese people left China and moved to California, in search of jobs and stability. Because of the large number of immigrants entering the labor force and a lack of jobs in California, Americans met the Chinese immigrants were met with increased anger in the later 1880s. In 1882, the government formally outlawed Chinese immigration with the Chinese Exclusion Act, which said that no new Chinese laborers could enter the U.S. for 10 years.

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The Chinese Question Again. [Scott's Exclusion Act] [back cover]: From The Wasp: v. 23, July - Dec. 1889 CREATOR Publisher: Wasp Publishing Company CREATED/PUBLISHED 1876-1928 PART OF GROUP The Wasp The Wasp: v. 23, July - Dec. 1889 SUBJECTS Sentiment concerning the Chinese: Illustrations from Periodicals Chinese -- United States -- Legal status, laws, etc. Emigration and immigration law -- United States. United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy. Caricature and cartoons. United States -- Foreign relations -- China. TYPE image CALL NUMBER F850 .W18:20 REPOSITORY The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley DIGITAL ID cubcic brk1712 http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r? ammem/cic:@field(DOCID+@lit(brk1712))

This is an example of the legal documents that passed through the California state legislature that codified anti-immigration laws on the basis of race. PREVIOUS NEXT NEW SEARCH

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925

Chinese immigration: The social, moral and political effect of Chinese immigration: From Miscellaneous Selections : Anti-Chinese Movement & Chinese Exclusion

CREATOR: California Legislature. Senate. Special Committee on Chinese immigration

CREATED/PUBLISHED: Sacramento, State Printing Office, c 1877

MEDIUM: 49 p. ; 23 cm..

PART OF GROUP Miscellaneous Selections : Anti-Chinese Movement & Chinese Exclusion

SUBJECTS Anti-Chinese Movement & Chinese Exclusion Chinese -- California. California -- Emigration and immigration.

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CALL NUMBER xF870.C5.C51 v.1:10

REPOSITORY The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

DIGITAL ID cubcic brk4952 http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cic:@field(DOCID+@lit(brk4952))