Chinese Exclusion Act: References & Edit History
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Sucheng Chan (ed.), Entry Denied: Exclusion and the Chinese Community in America, 1882–1943 (1991); Andrew Gyory, Closing the Gate: Race, Politics, and the Chinese Exclusion Act (1998); Charles J. McClain, In Search of Equality: The Chinese Struggle Against Discrimination in Nineteenth-Century America (1994); Lucy E. Salyer, Laws Harsh As Tigers: Chinese Immigrants and the Shaping of Modern Immigration Law (1995).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Chinese Immigration Act. | Aug 20, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Association for Asian Studies - Opposition to Chinese Exclusion (1850-1902). | Oct 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenSIUC - The Chinese Exclusion Act: Americas Clarion Call for Racist Exclusion and Building WallsExclusion and Building Walls (PDF). | Jul 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Fearing yellow, imagining white: media analysis of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 (PDF). | May 31, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - The Chinese Exclusion Act Raised the Price of Becoming an American. | Jan 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Government of Canada - Exclusion of Chinese Immigrants. | Sep 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital History - The Chinese Exclusion Act. | Jul 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Office of the Historian - Chinese Immigration and the Chinese Exclusion Acts. | May 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - On this day 141 years ago, a new law began reshaping America. More than a century later, Congress apologized for it. | Dec 22, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Aug 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - The Chinese Exclusion Act. | Jul 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Chinese Exclusion Act. | Mar 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Chinese Immigration Act. | Sep 14, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Chinese Immigration Act. | Sep 14, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History for Kids - Chinese Exclusion Act. | Jan 26, 2021 | ||
| Added a description of the role played by Frederick Bee. | Oct 02, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 19, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Densho Encyclopedia - Chinese Exclusion Act. | Jun 15, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The African American Policy Forum - Chinese Exclusion Act. | May 12, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Yale Law School - Lillian Goldman Law Library - The Avalon Project - Chinese Exclusion Act; May 6, 1882. | Jul 17, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. | Jul 17, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: OurDocuments.gov - Chinese Exclusion Act (1882). | May 15, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Archives - Chinese Exclusion Act (1882). | May 15, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Archives - Chinese Exclusion Act (1882). | May 15, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard University Open Collections Program - Chinese Exclusion Act. | May 15, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard University Open Collections Program - Chinese Exclusion Act. | May 15, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: OurDocuments.gov - Chinese Exclusion Act (1882). | May 15, 2014 | ||
| New article added. | Nov 13, 2013 |
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