Video from “Forbidden Citizens” book event – July 24, 2012

From a presentation on July 24, 2012, at the Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) in San Francisco.

Frank Wu, Dean & Chancellor of UC Hastings College of Law in San Francisco, described the beginnings of the movement seeking an apology for the U.S. Chinese exclusionary laws:


Marty Gold, author of Forbidden Citizens, reflects about what made the Senate and House Resolutions possible:


Marty Gold explains why Congress needed to pass these resolutions:


Cover of "Forbidden Citizens," by Martin B. Gold






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