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Peter Ng, the Chinese Benevolent Consolidated Association's charismatic leader (and former President), sat with Departures to discuss the meaning and purpose of Chinese family associations and their role in 21st century Los Angeles.
Professor Kwan Ming Chan talks about the fascinating journey of Kong Chow Temple, Los Angeles's first Chinese temple.
Siu Lee, owner of The Jade Tree, details the contents and history of her family's business of antiquities
William Chun-hoon, community leader, activist and former principal of Castelar, understood early on that in order to serve his constituency, he needed to create a place-based neighborhood ecology that could serve the community at large.
By 1870, an identifiable "Chinatown" of two hundred or so inhabitants was situated on Calle de Los Negros - Street of the Dark Hued Ones - a short alley fifty feet wide and one block long between El Pueblo Plaza and Old Arcadia Street.
William D. Estrada, chair Of the History Department for NHM, shares his knowledge about the history of Los Angeles and its relation to historic preservation.
The sojourners - the first immigrants to California in the mid-1800's primarily from China's southeastern area - came in search of "Gold Mountain." Despite their invaluable contribution to California's economy and the nation's railroad system, the sojo...
In the following videos, Suellen Cheng describes the first building blocks of the Chinese community in Los Angeles and the community's transition from a city of migrants to the home of longtime residents.
We sat down with the Lim family, owners of the Kim Chuy Restaurant on Broadway Street, and talked about their escape from Cambodia, the art of the noodles and the Chiu Chow style.
Like early Cantonese migrants, Zung Wu came from the Pearl River Delta looking for the "Gam Saan" or "Gold Mountain"; we found him playing the Erhu, or Chinese Fiddle, in Chinatown's Main Plaza to make ends meet.
Departures: Chinatown Student Producers share the story of how their families got to Chinatown.
My mom immigrated from a small farming village by plane. She immigrated because most of her family was already in America. She thought it'd be a better life here in America.