Contemporary Article: Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Written Out of History. Now They're Getting Their Due

Transcontinental Railroad (Chinese Contributions)

Contemporary Article: Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Written Out of History. Now They're Getting Their Due

5/14/2019

Contemporary Article

The New York Times article (2019), by Karen Zraick, provides a perspective on remembering Chinese immigrant workers' role in American history. The author provides an account of recent attempts to commemorate their role in helping to build the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s. Other themes include: perspectives of descendants of Chinese workers and Chinese labor in general American history.

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The New York Times

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