Wall in barracks at Angel Island, where Chinese Immigrants were imprisoned.
Additional photos inside barracks at Angel Island where Chinese immigrants were imprisoned.
Via New America Media
Sixty Five Years ago tomorrow, we as a nation commemorate the termination of the Chinese Exclusion Act by President Roosevelt.
The Chinese Exclusion Act openly discriminated against a single ethnic group of people, forbidding Chinese from entering the United States and prohibiting Chinese already living in the United States from applying for American citizenship.
Terminating this Act, is an historic moment, symbolizing our nation moving towards diversity and equality of all people.
Part of a poem written in Chinese is pictured etched on the wall in the living quarters at Angel Island, often times referred to as the "Ellis Island of the West" between 1910 and 1940 nearly 175,000 Chinese Immigrants passed through Angel Island.
Pieces are displayed on a bunk in the living quarters. A $60 Million Dollar restoration project nears completion after being closed for 4 years. For the first time ever, the renovated barracks will be open for public viewing on February 15, 2009
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