Geary Act Project Panel Discussion

The creators Connie Young Yu and Barre Fong, along with historian and educator Gordon Chang, address the "paper trail" of Chinese exclusion and the documentation of Chinese American history. In addition, they shared their vision of their history archival project aimed at collecting public Geary Act certificates of residence, or "yellow cards," kept by descendants of Chinese pioneers and "persons other than laborer." The purpose of the Project is to reveal a hidden chapter in American history about an unconstitutional act toward a race of people, with far reaching consequences: for truth and justice, for today, for all. Panel discussion moderated by Charles McClain, U.C. Berkeley School of Law faculty and author.