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Sequential Timeline of Racist Incidents, Events, and Sites

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1882

Chinese Exclusion Act

Federal law barred most Chinese immigration and denied naturalization to Chinese residents—the first major U.S. law restricting immigration by nationality. Repealed in …

1882

institutional policy

Chinese Exclusion Act

Federal law barred most Chinese immigration and denied naturalization to Chinese residents—the first major U.S. law restricting immigration by nationality. Repealed in stages; remains a landmark of race-based immigration policy.

Washington D.C. (federal law), DC

Asian American

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