may 14, 1905 - Asian Exclusion League Founded

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The Asian Exclusion League (originally the Japanese and Koran Exclusion League) is founded in San Francisco by whites who believed that Asian immigrants were the source of their socioeconomic issues. It is the first organized movement targeted at Japanese, Chinese, and other Asian immigrants. (Continuity: racist and xenophobic reaction to Asian immigrants)

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