Chinese American history

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• SOURCE: Boston Globe
  7/5/2020
  

  MIT Professor Tunney Lee, an Architect, Urban Planner, and Historian of Chinatown, Dies at 88

  “He was great public servant," said former Governor Michael S. Dukakis.

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• SOURCE: Boston Globe
  7/5/2020
  

  MIT Professor Tunney Lee, an Architect, Urban Planner, and Historian of Chinatown, Dies at 88

  An architecture professor who taught at MIT and the Chinese University of Hong Kong is remembered as a historian of Chinese American community and an advocate for including the public in the process of planning.

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• 1/19/20
  

  Digesting History: A Conversation with the Museum of Food and Drink’s Curatorial Director Catherine Piccoli

  by Chelsea Connolly

  Food historian Catherine Piccoli describes how this Brooklyn museum encourages its visitors to literally "digest" history.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/14/19
  

  Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Written Out of History. Now They’re Getting Their Due.

  At the 150th anniversary of the golden spike ceremony on Friday, and at associated events held last week in Utah, thousands gathered to recognize a more complete picture of the monumental feat.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  4/22/19
  

  Descendants of Chinese railroad workers share their hope for the recognition of their ancestors' labor

  The Chinese railroad workers who helped connect the country.