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

Anti-Defamation League Plains States Region | Omaha, NE | omaha.adl.org

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