Chinese Exclusion Act: Resources

Want to learn more? Of course you do. Here's a good rundown of everything.

The Chinese Exclusion Act was the most important document, but it was also one of many. Here's a bunch of them.

While the bulk of the film takes place after the Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed, this is a critically acclaimed look at the lives of four Chinese immigrants. Check it out. Or, check out our own guide to the book.

Yeah, there are Chinese immigrants still coming to America, and that's awesome. It's important to look at people not as frozen in time, but as participants in the modern world. So here's more info on what Chinese immigration to the U.S. looks like now.

The Chinese Exclusion Act is a midpoint in a two hundred year (and counting) story. There's more to know. Here's some of it.

Here's the whole thing in one fell swoop.

If you have some time, here's the full story.

Look at those chops!

Hayes poses here with his beard.

This is a later take, calling the Chinese Exclusion Act a skeleton in Uncle Sam's closet.

Here's a more humanist take on the whole thing. The only one barred from entry are the Chinese.