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a poster to commemorate Tye Leung Schulze as the first Chinese woman to vote

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In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark had acquired U.S. citizenship at birth. Learn the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act in a special presentation of American Experience, coming to PBS on Tuesday, May 29 at 8/7c. Learn more at…

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Tom Doon married Lee Ping on 4 July 1927. They lived in Tucson, AZ.

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This letter is from Wong Fook’s employer. Wong Fook lost his original certificate of residence about 1901 or 2. He reapplied about three years later and received a duplicate certificate. That certificate was destroyed in a fire on 12th April 1909. In…

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Wong Cee Wong (Henry Hope Wong), Wong Haw Bo (Paul), Wong Loy Bo (Roy), Wong Jung Bo (James), Wong Foo Bo (Raymond), Wong Yit Ho (Ruth), and their parents: Wong Fook On (William Hope Wong) and Chun Yow.

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a photo of Wong Kim Ark

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Wong's photo and Letters

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Chinese Exclusion Act case files, RG 85, National Archives-Seattle, Wong F. Pershing case file, Seattle Box 827, file 7030/13628.

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the sample Chinese Exclusion files shows what documents a Chinese needs to carry before entering the U.S. and what a Chinese person experience at the customs

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Dr. Kin thanks Theodore Roosevelt for the generous deeds he has done on her behalf. She remarks upon a matter concerning passports, and wonders about the nature of immigration restrictions that do not allow people like her who have graduated from…
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