After all, he asks, “What could be more American than to build a railroad?” Forgotten Workers: Chinese Migrants and the Building of the Transcontinental Railroad” is on view from May 10 ...

“Clearly the Transcontinental Railroad would not have been completed without ... Another temporary exhibit features photos of Chinese workers. Most are anonymous, as the exhibit explains, because the ...

By Shirley L NgThe Takeaways Recognition of Chinese Immigrants’ Contributions: Brooklyn Councilmember Susan Zhang ...

The world was put on notice: the transcontinental railroad was completed and America ... Just six months after the meeting at Promontory Summit, workers half the world away consummated their ...

ALBANY — THE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS WHO HELPED BUILD the Transcontinental Railroad are being honored ... also honoring both the 19th century railway workers and many of their descendants — Asian ...