Committee of Fifteen
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- Nov 8, 1885The Expulsion at Seattle: Vigilante Committees Force Out Chinese ResidentsA report from the Seattle 'Committee of Fifteen' details their campaign to coerce the Chinese population to leave, as local business leaders and the 'Knights of Labor' consolidate power.Seattle, WA
- Feb 7, 1886The Politics of Exclusion: A Night at the BijouIn 1886, a raucous meeting at Seattle’s Bijou theater formalized the 'Committee of Fifteen,' marking a volatile era of organized expulsion and nativist labor politics.Seattle, WA
- Oct 6, 1886The Tacoma Method: How the Anti-Chinese Movement Turned to ViolenceA brutal manifesto circulates in Tacoma, signaling the escalation of the anti-Chinese exclusion campaign.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 19, 1887The 'Committee of Fifteen' and the Struggle Against Chinese Labor in TacomaAn archival look at the exclusionary 1886 resolution that fueled the violent campaign to purge Chinese residents from Tacoma.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 30, 1892The Political 'Linen-Washing' of 1892In a frantic bid for the labor vote in Tacoma, mayoral candidate Alexander Parker is forced to scrub his reputation of sympathy for the city's persecuted Chinese community.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 20, 1892The Shadow of Exclusion in TacomaYears after the expulsion, a new conflict emerges as merchants look toward trade with Asia while local agitators hold the line against Chinese business.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 22, 1892Tacoma’s Chinese Merchant Question Turns to Threats of ViolenceA visiting Chinese businessman tests whether Tacoma will admit Chinese merchants, while the Trades Council calls them “a pestilential social element” and a crowd waits at the depot.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 24, 1892Tacoma's Labor Council Pledges to Keep Chinese Out For GoodInvoking the same 'Committee of Fifteen' that drove the city's Chinese residents out in 1885, the Tacoma Trades Council passes resolutions to block any return and calls an anti-Chinese mass meeting.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 26, 1892The Riotous Push for ExclusionA massive, chaotic anti-Chinese protest in Tacoma turns violent, drowning out local leaders who argue for the legal rights of Chinese merchants.Tacoma, WA