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Anna May Wong
http://www.silentsmajority.com/FeaturedStar/star49.htm
Anna May Wong was a silent movie actress and was a very important Chinese American presence in LA's early movie industry. This website includes some of her memoirs, filmography and rare photographs. Truly an excellent tribute.

Chinese American Experience in the San Gabriel Valley
http://www.camla.org/history/sangabri.htm
A very informative article about Chinese Americans in the Los Angeles area. Contains all kinds of demographic information. A good read.

The Infamous Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
http://www.camla.org/history/exclact.htm
The Infamous Anti-Chinese Immigration Policy by US Congress

For the Sake of Our Future: Youth and the Chinese American Museum
http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/fall97/M163/eng.html
by Shanelle Eng, Web Magazine Online, Fall 1997

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department History
http://la-sheriff.org/about_lasd/history.htm
L.A. County Sheriff's account of the 1871 Chinese Massacre

Los Angeles Police Department History
http://www.lapdonline.org/general_information/history_of_the_lapd/gen_history_lapd/gen_history_main.htm
LAPD's account of the 1871 Chinese Massacre

L.A. Scene: The City Then and Now
by Cecilia Rasmussen, Los Angeles Times, July 22, 1996

Massacre Remembrance
AsianWeek Magazine, October 31, 1996

Model Minority: A Guide to Asian American Empowerment
http://www.modelminority.com/
Tons of articles regarding the Asian American condition in the United States. A very good read.

Selected Bibliography
http://www.camla.org/resource/biblio.htm
Mostly citations. Sections on:

Genealogy
Websites on Genealogy
Chinese American Family History
Chinese Americans in Los Angeles
Chinese Americans in California
Chinese Americans in the United States
Asian Americans in the United States
Articles

(Some of the books listed in the above section are available through http://www.heritagewestbooks.com/)

The L.A. Dynasty
http://www.camla.org/resource/dynasty.htm
by Jon Regardie, L.A. Downtown News, 10/6/97

Then & Now: Meet Several USC Generations (Chung Family Excerpt)
http://www.camla.org/usc/chung.htm
USC Trojan Family magazine, Winter 1998

You Chung Hong: L.A.'s First Chinese American Lawyer
http://www.camla.org/usc/ychong.htm
by John G. (Tom) Tomlinson, Jr., USC Law magazine, Fall 1997

Stanimalito: Asian-American Everyman
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/everyman/
The current life story of LA native, Stanley Chan. Mr. Chan considers himself an Asian American Everyman or an average Chinese American living in Los Angeles. His father was a paper son of a paper son! A very interesting look at his experiences and views.

Did the Chinese Discover America?
http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Tower/1217/asia.html
According to Buddhist literature, the monk and missionary Hu-Shen journeyed in a Chinese trading junk to the coast of America. The date of this journey was 499 AD. Read this article and see links to other websites discussing the theory of possible Chinese discovery of America.

Remarks by the President on Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/05/20020517-10.html
Office of the Press Secretary, The White House, May 17, 2002

Gov. Locke Signs Bill Against Use of Term "Oriental"
http://www.politicalcircus.com/archive/article_674.shtml
By RPG Newswire, PoliticalCircus.com, April 3, 2002

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