This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Change causing Chinatown to stir with discontent
Chinatown San Francisco faces youth gangs Red Guard and Wah Ching, tied to immigration growth and elder Six Companies power. Tensions rise as new arrivals clash with established authorities, sparking vandalism, bomb threats, and a riot during the New Year Parade. Local sociologist links turmoil to tight old-world controls loosening with modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard M. Harnett
San Francisco
UPI
Chinatown
Asia
Red Guard
Grant Avenue
Moon ‘Chip’ Eng
University of California
Black Panthers
San Francisco State College
Tom
Kenneth Lee
Hong Kong
Eng
General Board of Arbitration
Chi