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American Experience delves into "The Chinese Exclusion Act"
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The new PBS documentary by Ric Burns and Li-Shin Yu, premiering Tuesday night, is a sobering examination of the act Congress passed in 1882 that prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the United States and Chinese nationals from becoming citizens.
TOPICS: American Experience, PBS, Asian Americans and TV, Documentaries
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