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Visitors to Alaska often bring home delicious salmon. From the nets to the dining tables, tones of salmon were processed in canneries, large and small. It was Chinese workers who first labored in the salmon processing industry and turned the salmon from a local fare into gourmet food over the country and the world. Li, Gongpu was once one of those Chinese workers.
When it comes to Alaska, what do you immediately think about? – Remote frontiers, cruise stops, the 49th State, spectacular glaciers, the highest peaks of the North American continent, the splendid Northern Lights, and perhaps Jack London’s White Fang and the dog sled race. What do you know about the history of Chinese Americans in Alaska – their lives, their stories, and their contributions?
We are the “Friends of the National Museum of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Friends of the National AAPI Museum)”, and we are about to start conversations on the establishment of a National Museum of Asian American and Pacific Islander History and Culture (NMAAPIHC) with all communities.
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In the late 19th century, when anti-Chinese violence in California was in full swing, many Chinese began to migrate to other parts of the United States in search of an easier life. It was at this time that Woo Yee Sing (1862-1925) moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He and his brother, Woo Du Sing, founded the first Chinese restaurant in Minneapolis called Yuen Faung Low (also known as John’s Place).
Santa Cruz, a small city near the Pacific Ocean and south of San Jose, belongs to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a beach city full of joy, tourist attractions, and charming scenery.
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The Mississippi Delta, for a long time, has been a multiracial land where both black and white people lived. However, this is not to say that different races have never inhabited this area. They have, and one group, the Delta Chinese, made quite an impression. For one, they challenged the long-standing social order when they arrived. Secondly, they originally came to pick cotton, but made a drastic change to opening stores when working in the fields did not prove lucrative.
When opening the University of Minnesota scholarship website[1], you will find the Wen Ping Pan Scholarship. It’s a scholarship specifically for students of Chinese descent or non-immigrant Chinese students, with a preference for students who have attended Tsing Hua University in Beijing, China. Uncovering the story from a century ago, Wen Ping Pan, a brilliant young gentleman who came to the USA in 1914, chased his dream and devoted his whole life to this country.
Reverend Huie Kin, founder of the First Chinese Presbyterian Church in New York City’s Chinatown, was born in 1854 (the fourth under Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty) in Yongning Village, Taishan – the famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangdong, China. His ancestors worked in the agricultural field. As a child, he went to private school, and had the ambition to travel across the ocean to see the new world.
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Tung Gay Yee was born in Taishan, Guangdong, China. In 1951 he and his brother Tung Park Yee, who was one year junior, came to the United States from Hong Kong to join their U.S. citizen father.
One hundred and twenty years ago, who founded the first organization to fight for the protection of rights of Chinese Americans? Who traveled across the country giving speeches to advocate for the Chinese to have equal rights in America? Who wrote countless media articles exposing those who slandered the Chinese, and testified in front of Congress in opposition of the Chinese Exclusion Act? And who engaged in open debate against anti-Chinese politicians, and was even willing to duel to the death?
His name was Wong Chin Foo (Wang Qingfu), and he has been referred to as the Martin Luther King Jr. for Chinese Americans. This pioneer advocate for the protection of rights of Chinese Americans fought his entire life for Chinese Americans to be treated equally. He did not undertake this effort alone. In 1892, he founded and went on to lead the Chinese Equal Rights League. He fought unwaveringly against the Chinese Exclusion Act.