The Center on Asian Americans and the Law presents ABACUS: Small Enough to Jail—a documentary about the saga of the Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings Bank in Chinatown, […]
Screening of YELLOW FACE, A recording of the 2024 Broadway production by Great Performances on PBS We invite you to join us for this special screening and thought-provoking conversation. Agenda 5:30 - 7:40 pm Screening of Film & Panel Discussion 7:40 - 8:30 pm Reception Tony-winning playwright David Henry Hwang’s comedy from Roundabout Theatre Company stars Daniel […]
Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco in 1873 to parents who had emigrated to the United States from China. In 1894, he took a trip to China. When he returned to San Francisco a year later, he was denied reentry, as the authorities invoked the Chinese Exclusion Act. Wong argued that he could […]