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.
“我相信，每人都有其权利，该权利应该取决于其个体价值，而不取决于肤色或种族，并且所有种族、所有肤色、所有国籍的人都能产生那种无论走到哪里都可以和其他族裔平起平坐的人。 “
“ 根据我的判断，这项法案（排华法案-作者注）违反了这一原则。就算我孤军奋战，也必须将我的抗议记录在案。“
–霍尔参议员，1902年国会讨论无限期延长排华法案时发言
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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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1957年，她的创新实验“吴实验”帮助了两位同事获得了诺贝尔物理学奖。她是第一位当选美国国家科学院士的美籍华人，也是第一位担任美国物理学会主席的女性。1990年，她成为第一位生前就拥有以她名字命名的小行星（2752 Wu Chien-Shiung）的科学家。
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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.
19世纪后期，加州排华暴力事件如火如荼，华人开始转向美国其他地方寻找生机，自此，美国华人形成了东移、南迁、中徙的局面。胡以成（音译，Woo Yee Sing， 1862-1925）就在这个阶段移居到了明尼苏达州的明尼阿波利斯市（Minneapolis)。 他和兄弟胡佐成（音译，Woo Du Sing）在明尼阿波利斯创立了第一家中餐馆，名为远芳楼（Yuen Faung Low，John’s Place）。
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