this is the third of a three-part series with historian and storyteller charlie chin. why would it be extremely difficult? for you to get a fortune cookie in the city of shanghai. they don't make them. they were invented here in san francisco and golden gate park. by mr. mokoto hadjiwara and for reasons, which still astound me most americans assume they're part of chinese cuisine and going to the fortune cookie factory will not be on our list of sites to visited. i am sorry, please stop pouting back there. you're way too old about we will not be stopping at the fortune cookie factory. all right, please join me outside. here we go. we're going to look at several things. one of them is you see there is a most people here are going to be school teachers. is that right? all right, the school across the street is the gordon j lau elementary school. had formally been the stocks and school before that had been the oriental school and before that it had been the chinese school. what happened was in the late 1800s? there were chinese families here who had children? and accordin

my name is charlie chin. i'm officially listed here as artist and residents, but i do double duty as a historian for a very simple reason as most of you know artists don't make any money whatsoever. but historians are underpaid so it's actually a step up. well we are going to do today is we're going to take an overview of chinese american history. and for that we'll be doing two different sections one will be an in-house docent tour. and the other will be a street tour. we will actually look at chinatown today. for your sake of general education i should point out that we are in a building. that was the old chinatown ywca. it was built in designed in 1932 by julia morgan. very famous female architect who amongst other things was of course endorsed by the ywca for various and obvious reasons. the organization is the china's historical society of america. which was founded in 1963? its purpose was to deal with the problem which basically still exists which is the study of in this case asian american history and

my name is charlie chin.'m officially listed here as artist and residents, but i do double duty as a historian for a very simple reason as most of you know artists don't make any money whatsoever. but historians are underpaid so it's actually a step up. well we are going to do today is we're going to take an overview of chinese american history. and for that we'll

is the second of a three-part series on the chinese in america with historian and storyteller charlie chin♪♪ >>> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we're funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,000 community centers to create wi-fi-enabled areas so kids from low-income families can be ready for anything. c-span is a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >>> weeknights this month we feature american history tv programs to preview what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight former intelligence officials h.keith melton and robert wallace discuss some of the most notable

history tv visits san francisco to hear the story of chinese people in america from historian charlie chin he leads a group of college students through the chinese historical society of america and then on a tour of chinatown. watch tonight starting at 8:00 eastern, and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. ♪♪ >>> american history tv on c-span3, exploring the people and events that tell the american story, every weekend. saturday at 8:30 a.m. eastern, biographer jon meacham on the life and legacy of the late congressman and civil rights leader john lewis. virginia tech professor jessica taylor on trade between native americans and the virginia colonists. sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts a tour of richard nixon's birthplace located on the grounds of the richard nixon presidential library. and sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency three programs on thomas jefferson, on the president's view on education, an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams. and a tour of his gardens at mont cello. exploring the american story. watch america

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this is the first of a three-part series on the chinese in america with historian and storyteller charlie chin. you can view this and other american artifacts at our website cspan dot org slash history. next we continue our look at the chinese in america with a visit to san francisco's chinatown. this is the second of a three-part series and we pick up the story with the discovery of gold in, california in 1848. we have an unusual and remarkable situation here. gold is discovered in 1848. and the reason why cantonese was amongst the first to hear about it, is that there already were some chinese here. news spread back to southern china and in a flash thousands of men began to board ships to head for guns on the gold mountain. which california was known as then and still is known as the gold mountain? in the early days, very heady, very exciting. much of the gold was placer gold surface gold. they've been washed down from the hills from the mountains for generations for millions of years. so it meant that you could literally find it on the surface. a man using a simple device like this a rocker

this is the third of a three-part series with historian and storyteller charlie chin. why would it be extremely difficult? for you to get a fortune cookie in the city of shanghai. they don't make them. they

this weekend we visit san francisco to hear the story of the chinese in america from historian charlie chin. he leads a group of college students through the chinese historical society of america than on a tour through the streets of chinatown. most people consider the chinese to be the ones who are least likely to assimilate and unbelievable stories are told about them due to sheer ignorance amongst them that for instance the chinese eat vermin constantly. here's a classic example. this is a box of rat poison and on its name is rafaun rats. we see there's a little chinese man eating a rodent and it promises that if you use this rat poison, it will be as efficient as a chinese in getting rid of the rodents on your property here again is another popular cartoon in this cartoon. we see a chinese like an octopus doing all these various jobs. he's making boots. he's rolling cigars. he's making shirts and as you look carefully you'll see he's also taking the money away leaving european american young men idol for want to work if you're not quite sure and some people question. wait a minute chine

history tv visits san francisco to hear the story of chinese people in america, from historian charlie chinleads a group of college students through the chinese historical society in america and then on a tour of chinatown. watch tonight starting at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story. every weekend, saturday at 8:30 a.m. eastern, biographer jon meacham on the life and legacy of the late congressman and civil rights leader john lewis. saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, virginia tech professor jessica taylor on trade between native americans and the virginia colonists. sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on "american artifacts," a tour of richard nixon's birthplace located on the grounds of the richard nixon presidential library. >>> and sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "the presidency," three programs on thomas jefferson, on the president's view on education, on interpretation conversations between jefferson and abigail adams, and a tour of his gardens at monticello. exploring

history teach visits san francisco to hear the story of chinese people in america, from historian charlie chinhe leads a group of college students on a tour of chinatown. watch tonight starting at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> american history tv on c-span3. telling the american story every weekend. saturday at 8:30 a.m. eastern, biographer john meecham on the life and legacy of congressman john louis. and jessica taylor on trade between native americans and the virginia colonists. sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, a tour of richard nixon's birthplace, located on the grounds of the nixon presidential library. and sunday, three programs on thomas jefferson, an enter precase conversation between jefferson and abigail adams, and a tour of his gardens. exploring the american story. watch this weekend on c-span3. >>> ucla center for immigration law and policy h

my name is charlie chin. i'm officially listed here as artist and residents, but i do double duty as a historian for a very simple reason as most of you know artists don't make any money whatsoever. but historians are underpaid so it's actually a step up. well we are going to do today is we're going to

history tv visits san francisco to hear the story of chinese people in america from historian charlie chin. he leads a group of college students through the chinese historical society of america and then on a tour of chinatown. that's thursday starting at 8pm eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3 ice acting director ty johnson testifies on homeland security operational priorities for the agency on thursday morning before a house appropriation subcommittee watch live beginning at 10 eastern on c-span 3 online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. american history tv on c-span 3 every weekend documenting america's story funding comes from these television companies and more including mediacom. the world changed in an instant the mediacom was ready internet traffic sort and we never slowed down schools and businesses went virtually and we powered a new reality because immediacom we're billed to keep you ahead mediacom along with these television companies supports american history tv on c-span 3 as a public service. here karen tumulty your new biograp

history tv visits san francisco to hear the story of chinese people in america from historian charlie chin he leads a group of college students through the historical society of america and then on a tour of china town. watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >>> american history tv on c-span 3. exploring the people and events that tell the american story every weekend, saturday at 8:30 a.m. eastern, biographer jon meacham on the life and legacy of civil rights leader, john lewis. sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts a. tour of richard nixon's birthplace located on the grounds of the richard nixon library. an interpretation conversation between jefferson and abigail adams.gton jou exploring the american story, watching american history tv we this weekend on c-span 3. >>> we're back with dr. jeremy levin the chair of the tent r organization and ceoig of

in america with historian and storyteller charlie chin. ♪♪ >>> c-span is your unfiltered view of government're funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> you think this is just a community center? no. it's way more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1,000 community centers to create wi-fi-enabled areas so kids from low-income families can be ready for anything. c-span is a public service along with these other television providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. >>> weeknights this month we feature american history tv programs to preview what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight former intelligence officials h.keith melton and robert wallace discuss some of the most notable et nage sites in the nation's capitol including embassies, hotels and walking paths. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern and watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. u.s. trade representative katherine tai testified before the senate finance committee this week about president biden's trade agenda. oregon senator ron wyden chaired the two-hour and 40-

my name is charlie chin. i'm officially listed here as artist and residents, but i do double duty as a historian for a very simple reason as most of you know artists don't