AANHPI History Calendar

· Washington, D.C.

Chae Chan Ping v. United States (Chinese Exclusion Case) Decided

injustice

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the Scott Act barring the reentry of a lawfully resident Chinese laborer, establishing the 'plenary power' doctrine giving Congress near-total control over immigration.

Communities
  • Chinese American
Topics
  • immigration
Event type
  • court case

Sources

Also on May 13

resistance

Heungsadan (Young Korean Academy) Founded

Ahn Chang-ho founded Heungsadan in San Francisco to cultivate moral and civic leadership for the Korean independence movement; it endures as a Korean American civic institution. (Shares May 13 with the Chinese Exclusion Case.)