Asian Americans and U.S. Law

Section 1 . 2

9 minutes + 5 links

Mobs, Riots, and Massacres

Elizabeth Tanaka

This section includes some of the mobs, riots, and massacres targeting Chinese communities in the late 1800s. Unfortunately, organized public violence directed at Chinese communities was all too common at the time.

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