Chinese Pioneers: Power and Politics in Exclusion Era

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The Museums of Lake County is pleased to present Chinese Pioneers: Power and Politics in Exclusion Era Photographs at the Courthouse Museum in Lakeport. This temporary exhibit explores the social, political, and judicial disenfranchisement of Chinese Californians ? as well as moments of Chinese agency and resilience ? in the decades before and after the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act. The exhibit, on view from April 14th to June 9th, examines how photography played a potent role in both Chinese people?s interactions with the dominant culture and in the government?s fledgling systems of registration, identification, and surveillance. Historic Courthouse Museum 255 N. Main St. Lakeport, Ca Thursday-Saturday 10am-4pm Sunday 12pm-4pm Free Admission, Donations Welcome