Chinatown rising by MacKenzie Mathis

mackenziemathis28 — 2025-10-07 20:17:32 UTC

Native Sons of the Golden State (an organization for native-born Chinese Americans becomes the Chinese Americans Citizens Alliance. This was a national organization headquartered in San Francisco Chinatown.

mackenziemathis28 — 2025-10-07 20:20:24 UTC

The Angel Island Immigration station opening. This replaced the previous detention site which was a shed at the Pacific Mail docks.

mackenziemathis28 — 2025-10-07 20:21:10 UTC

California deprives Chinese and Japanese immigrants of the right to buy land.

mackenziemathis28 — 2025-10-08 19:25:04 UTC

Benevolent Associations remodels the Chinese Central High School building, and it becomes the first Chinese school in the US to teach primary through high school levels.

mackenziemathis28 — 2025-10-08 19:30:02 UTC

Golden Star Radio begins broadcasting nightly hour-long programs in 1940, becoming the first Chinese language program in North America.

mackenziemathis28 — 2025-10-09 05:41:57 UTC

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US enters WW2 as an ally of China. The US repeals its unequal treaties and ends the Chinese exclusion laws. Re-establishing the right of people of Chinese descent to become citizens.

mackenziemathis28 — 2025-10-09 05:45:17 UTC

Fearful of China's new communist government, the US breaks off all relations. Foreign students are stranded, and Chinese American ties to family in China are broken.

mackenziemathis28 — 2025-10-09 05:49:08 UTC

A new progressive voice is heard when the Voice of Chinatown radio program begins broadcasting on an AM channel. Within two years the program got switched to FM.

mackenziemathis28 — 2025-10-09 05:51:22 UTC

The Chinese Historical Society of America is founded and establishes the first Chinese American Historical Museum in the US.

mackenziemathis28 — 2025-10-09 05:53:43 UTC

Community activism achieves downzoning of Chinatown, preventing highrise commercial and residential redevelopment and encroachment by the Financial District.