Journey to Gold Mountain: Chinese and the Gold Rush

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Author and historian Connie Young Yu will talk about the life and times of early Chinese in California during the Gold Rush and the racial discrimination they faced. This free program will be held in person at the Los Altos History Museum and on Zoom.

Connie Young Yu is a fourth-generation Californian and a long-time resident of Los Altos Hills. She has written extensively on Asian American history, and is the author of “Chinatown, San Jose, USA,” and co-author of “Voices of the Railroad: Stories by Descendants of Chinese Railroad Workers.”

To register, visit https://bit.ly/2UUPJvA. Mask wearing is recommended inside the Museum.

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