About Me

After a career of over 40 years as an academic psychologist, I started a new career as a public historian of Chinese American history that led to five Yin & Yang Press books and over 100 book talks about the lives of early Chinese immigrants and their families operating laundries, restaurants, and grocery stores. This blog contains more research of interest to supplement my books.

5/1/12

Washington, D. C. Talk on Chinese American History Left Out of School Books

The Chinatown Community Cultural Center in D. C.'s Chinatown provided an ideal location for my presentation about my four books on important aspects of the history of Chinese in America that are not discussed in the typical school books on American history.  I was rewarded with an attentive and appreciative audience. One audience member, Jay Roberts, even posted a generous blog commentary about the talk! I met several community leaders and activists from the Chinese American community and after the talk we enjoyed a delicious lunch at, where else, a Chinese restaurant! A special aspect of the event was that 2 of my former psychology students from Long Beach, now living in the D. C. area, attended my talk.


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