· Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma Chinese Expulsion
injustice
Content note: this entry describes racial violence.
Led by the mayor and business leaders, a mob forced Tacoma's entire Chinese community out of the city and later burned their homes-a coordinated expulsion celebrated at the time as 'the Tacoma Method.'
- Communities
- Event type
Sources
- historylink.org historylink.org/file/5063
- history.com history.com/articles/anti-chinese-violence-removal-tacoma-seattle-1885