They performed the most arduous and dangerous work despite racism, lower pay than white workers, curtailed food rations, and threats of violence from white railroad bosses. But in the famous 1869 ...

A black-and-white photograph shows Chinese immigrants perform a dragon dance ... where many usually found work as railroad builders and laundry workers. Chinese New Year became one of the rare ...

Railroad work was one of the most dangerous ... For example, in the 1860s, the Central Pacific Railway hired thousands of Chinese immigrants for some of the deadliest jobs, from working with ...

Chinese immigrants moved to America in search of work, including jobs in railroad construction, but faced severe discrimination, such as the Chinese Exclusion Act. At the same time, the fictional ...

The United States was born welcoming immigrants ... Act of 1882 fueled by labor opposition to Chinese migrants working on the transcontinental railroad. The Founding Fathers championed open ...

In 1879, California’s new constitution enabled state officials to remove immigrants ... Railroad. One night in 1876, a group of white vigilantes went to the homes of some Chinese workers in ...

Chinese immigrants first came to Texas in the 1870s with the expansion of the railroad. Historically, El Paso had the largest Chinese community in Texas in 1890, before the population declined due ...

The bustling neighborhood was once a cultural hub home to hundreds of Chinese immigrants and their descendants, many of whom who were building roads, working on railroad projects and running ...

The law led many Chinese mining immigrants to head south to San Francisco ... Transcontinental railroad: As development flourished on the West Coast, new ways of traveling from coast to ...

Historians believe that such ointments were introduced to the U.S. during the 1800s by Chinese immigrants building railroads, who used them to treat aching joints and muscles. The substance ...

was introduced in the United States during the 1850s by Chinese immigrants who joined mining camps during the California Gold Rush and later followed the Central Pacific Railroad east. Saturday ...

In her talk, Pendry listed and elaborated on immigration laws passed in the United States. She mentioned the Chinese Exclusion ... and maintenance of railroads in the 1880s, Pendry said.