Three descendants of immigrants who were detained at Angel Island Immigration Station reflect on reclaiming the buried history of Chinese Exclusion.
Guests:
Felicia Lowe is an independent television producer, director, and writer. Her films include "Chinese Couplets", "Chinatown: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco", and "China: Land of My Father". Several clips from her documentary on Angel Island Immigration Station "Carved in Silence" were used in this podcast episode.(http://www.lowedownproductions.com/)
Judy Yung is professor emerita of American Studies at UC Santa Cruz. Her pioneering histories of Angel Island Immigration Station include "Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America", co-authored with Erika Lee, and "Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island", co-edited with Him Mark Lai and Genny Lim.
Katherine Toy is the chair of the board of directors of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation(https://www.aiisf.org/). She also served as the first Executive Director of the AIISF where she championed the restoration and interpretation of the site.
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