A stone’s throw from Alcatraz sits Angel Island. For thirty years, this spot in San Francisco Bay held thousands of Asian ...

The backstory "Most of it is inspired by the poetry, protest poetry, carved into the wooden walls of the Angel Island Immigration Center," said Graham ... a second-generation Chinese American.

are poems written in Chinese, many of them made all the more impressive for having been carved into the wooden walls. More than 135 of these poems have been recorded. The Angel Island Immigration ...

The 1921 and 1924 U.S. immigration laws reduced the number of people ... Although they were not subjected to the extreme interrogations at Angel Island to which the Chinese were subjected, they could ...

“Border Surveillance: Places, People and Technology” will be featured at the Angel Island ... across from the immigration station, where hundreds of thousands of mostly Chinese immigrants ...

For a century, Angel Island was utilized by the military because of its strategic location defending the Golden Gate. Today, you can go there to catch some of the most scenic views in the Bay ...

Angel Island, the immigration station on San Francisco Bay, opened in 1910 to enforce the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, is where two hundred fifty thousand Chinese immigrants were processed.

Angel Island is a place where hope met hardship, but the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation is working to make sure this chapter of American history is preserved and never forgotten.

Angel Island State Park is situated ... Coast’s Ellis Island with a visit to the Immigration Station, which tells the important story of the Chinese immigrant experience. Visitors should allot ...

"Most of it is inspired by the poetry, protest poetry, carved into the wooden walls of the Angel Island Immigration Center ... a second-generation Chinese American. Connection to the past ...