May 13, 1913

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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.)

Sources

  1. laconservancy.org laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/hung-sa-dahn
  2. ebsco.com ebsco.com/research-starters/history/chang-ho-ahn

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