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University of Illinois: Angel Island Poetry

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Excellent site from the University of Illinois that provides the themes and the poetry of Asian detainees held on Angel Island. Site also includes an Asian American History Timeline, text of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, Angel Island from a 1917 book, and a history of the Island.

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Concepts
immigration, angel island
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Additional Tags
immigration processing center, immigration processing station, chinese exclusion act, angel island immigration station, angel island detainees, angel island history, asian immigrants, asian immigration, chinese american history, chinese immigrants, chinese immigration 1910-1940
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information