White residents burned this California Chinatown to the ground. An apology came 145 years later [latimes.com]

Donielle Prince 7/29/214:42 PM

By Anh Do, Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2021

In the basement of Reign Salon in Antioch, a brick wall is a reminder of a dark past.

More than a century ago, Chinese people built tunnels under the city because they were forbidden by law from going outside after sundown.

Then, white residents burned Chinatown to the ground.

Today, few traces of the old Chinatown remain — some tunnel entrances such as the one in Reign, wood pilings in the San Joaquin River that were the foundations of houses.

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