CHINATOWN
Anti-Asian sentiment swells with every unchallenged utterance of, "China virus."
Draw a line backward within our own community when Chinese-Americans, or "coolies"
toiled on the transcontinental railroad during the Gold Rush.
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Omaha’s Chinatown, a 4-block area surrounding 12th and Dodge Streets,
represented possibility and burgeoning life for many immigrants
until the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 halted immigration and banned citizenship.
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What might our community look like had this culture flourished here?
DESTINATION DETAILS
ADDRESS: On Leon Tong House, 1518 Cass Street, Omaha, NE, 68102
ON-SITE DESTINATION: Front of Building
AGE RANGE: All