Article: The Roots of the Atlanta Shooting Go Back to the First Law Restricting Immigration

Horace Page & Page Act of 1875

Article: The Roots of the Atlanta Shooting Go Back to the First Law Restricting Immigration

03/19/2021

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The University of Michigan features an article, by Assistant Professor Melissa Borja, briefly providing a perspective on the Page Act of 1875 - one of the first laws to prohibit immigration to the United States -and the differences between how American society viewed Chinese and European immigrants. This article provides a link to a longer article on history.com.

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