Chinese Americans in the Jim Crow South: From Sharecropping to Groceries explores the experiences of Chinese Americans who lived alongside African Americans during the 90 years of Jim Crow. Participants will explore how Chinese Americans labored in cotton fields and were positioned between Black sharecroppers and white plantation owners, occupying a unique and often precarious place in the Southern racial hierarchy. The session also examines how many Chinese Americans later became small business owners, establishing grocery stores that provided essential goods and services in Black communities throughout the South and filled a critical economic and social role in a segregated society.

Facilitator: Rodney Jackson and Dr. Khyati Joshi

Free and open to all. Professional Development hours awarded.

This event is brought to you by Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teach Asian American Stories and AAPI New Jersey.