ANGEL ISLAND

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COBBLESTONE February 2016 single back issue.
COBBLESTONE February 2016

You’ve probably heard of Ellis Island but you may not know about Angel Island, the U.S. immigration station located in San Francisco Bay. Explore Angel Island through articles such as “Louie Share Kim, Paper Son” about how Chinese immigrants would claim relations to American citizens in order to avoid the Chinese Exclusion Act, “Closing the Door,” a look at American immigration policies throughout the decades, and “Designed to Detain,” an inside look at the buildings and detention barracks on the island. This issue also contains “In Their Own Words,” quotes from some of the people who passed through Angel Island and “Carved on the Wall,” about the poems immigrants carved on the walls of the barracks. Regular features include Mapping It!, Did You Know?, Going Global, Dr. D. Mystery Hero, and Spotlight On…