The relationship has grown stronger over the years with numerous student exchanges between Torrance and Kashiwa.

Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo presents a certificate of recognition to (from left) Friends of the Chinese American Museum Board Chair Gay Q.we still find ourselves confronting xenophobic attitudes that led to the murders of innocent residents.

City Councilmember Michael Woo did not hesitate to draw a parallel between current global events and atrocities of the past.to be erected among live trees on the sidewalk just outside the museum on Los Angeles Street – where the massacre is believed to have begun.The murderous rampage is said to have been sparked after a police officer and a local rancher were shot as they responded to reports of a gunfight between two rival Chinese gangs.

It was the first and only such law to explicitly ban members of a specific national group from immigrating to the U.“This ugly distrust is what led to the Chinese Exculsion Act.

a mob of some 500 white and Latino Angelenos.

A candlelight procession makes its way past floral arrangements dedicated to the victims of the 1871 Chinese Massacre near Olvera Street in Downtown Los Angeles.A retired Jōdo Shinshū Hongwanji-ha minister at Stockton Buddhist Temple and Oakland Buddhist Church.

Madame Fujima Kansuma (Sumako Hamaguchi).50 of whom were granted professional standing.

and was involved with community organizations including MIS Association of Southern California.Cary Grant and Toshirō Mifune.