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A Chinese American Describes Going to School in Chinatown (with text supports)
San Francisco's first public school for Chinese immigrants, known first as the Chinese School and then as the Oriental School, began operating in 1859. The school was designed to segregate (separate) Chinese children from white children in the [...]
Item Type: Oral History
Historical Era: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913)
An Ybor City Resident Describes Work in the Cigar Factories
The family of Cesar Marcos Medina moved from Cuba to Ybor City in Tampa, Florida in 1903. In this interview, Medina details the experiences of his father, who worked as a lector (reader) in the city's cigar factories. Medina also describes the [...]
Tags: Cuban Immigration, lectores
Item Type: Oral History
Historical Eras: Industrialization and Expansion (1877-1913), Modern America (1914-1929)