Thurs, June 21, 7pm – Come watch a 39 minute excerpt of this important new PBS documentary. The film explores the important connections between the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act – the only federal legislation in United States history ever to single out and name a specific race and nationality for exclusion from immigration and citizenship – and the history of American civil liberties, immigration, labor, and culture.
Professor Emma Teng will offer comments after the film. Professor Teng is the T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian Civilizations and MacVicar Faculty Fellow at MIT