People/人物

加州天使岛移民站

美国东岸纽约有个爱丽丝岛移民站(Ellis Island Immigration Station),主要是接受欧洲移民。80% 的申请人经过数小时的移民检查和体检,进入纽约或新泽西州。与之呼应的是西岸旧金山的天使岛移民站(Angel Island Immigration Station),主要接受亚洲移民,近 60% 的移民在这里被拘留长达3天。华人移民占被拘留人口的 70%,他们的平均关押时间是2到3周。这些移民受到特别的审查,数天、数周,甚至数年。

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Mabel Ping-Hua Lee – Pioneer in the Pursuing the Suffrage

Author: Zhida Song-James On May 4, 1912, tens of thousands of New Yorkers gathered in the streets of Greenwich Village, and the march for women’s suffrage was about to start. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a young Chinese woman, was on horseback leading the procession. It was one of the largest gatherings of US women’s political participation.

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Yick Wo v. Hopkins, A Gift to All Americans

Fan Jiao The three amendments (Amendments 13, 14, 15) adopted after the American Civil War (1861-1865) to abolish slavery and establish civil and legal rights for black Americans,among which, the 14th amendment established in 1866, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States, including former slaves, and guaranteed that all persons

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