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The Trade Protective League

February 5, 2017 by John Sergneri 1 Comment

Sacramento Union – 5 February 1917 Cancellation of Oriental Liquor Licenses Asked The Trade Protective League of Sacramento has sent communications to the city commission and to the board of supervisors asking those bodies to cancel all liquor licenses now held by Orientals. This action by the league was taken after the city of Stockton … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Politics, Racism, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: 1917, California, Chinaman, Chinese, Japanese, Liquor, Orientals, Protective League, Sacramento, White Men

Farm Labor Rally – 1910 –

July 10, 2016 by John Sergneri Leave a Comment

MACKENZIE COMES IN FOR SCORCHING Speakers Condemn Commissioners’ Report on Japanese Immigration Demand Is Made That All Orientals Be Excluded From California San Francisco Call – July 6, 1910 Edited by O. M. BOYLE The meeting last night in the Auditorium of the building trades council to protest against the alleged laxity of immigration Commissioner … [Read more…]

Posted in: California Newspaper Archive, Racism Tagged: Asian, California, Chinese, farming, Hindu, Immigration, Japanese, labor, racism, White race

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