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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 2 |
| 1859 | 9 |
| 1860 | 2 |
| 1861 | 4 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1865 | 2 |
| 1871 | 1 |
| 1872 | 16 |
| 1876 | 91 |
| 1877 | 70 |
| 1878 | 39 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 22 |
| 1882 | 17 |
| 1883 | 73 |
| 1884 | 24 |
| 1885 | 49 |
| 1886 | 26 |
| 1887 | 31 |
| 1888 | 64 |
| 1889 | 97 |
| 1890 | 19 |
| 1891 | 71 |
| 1892 | 149 |
| 1893 | 117 |
| 1894 | 169 |
| 1895 | 229 |
| 1896 | 1 |
| 1897 | 8 |
| 1898 | 21 |
| 1899 | 30 |
| 1900 | 8 |
| 1902 | 4 |
| 1903 | 71 |
| 1904 | 41 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 3 |
| 1908 | 24 |
| 1909 | 73 |
| 1910 | 22 |
| 1911 | 8 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 15 |
| 1915 | 16 |
| 1916 | 24 |
| 1917 | 14 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1922 | 2 |
| 1923 | 9 |
| 1924 | 5 |
| 1925 | 3 |
| 1928 | 2 |
| 1929 | 3 |
2 stories matching ever
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:everi, evert, eve, everil, everst, everywher
- The Chinese Girl Barred From the Y.W.C.A. Pool
In a 1926 essay, a Chinese writer catalogues American prejudice—segregated Y.M.C.A.s, a church donor’s daughter turned away from a swimming pool, and lecturers who twist China to fit their biases.
- A Chinese Student's 1929 Speech Named the Racism Washington Tried to Forget
At the University of Washington's Cosmopolitan Club, Wesley Kai Hwa Kwang catalogued a century of anti-Chinese violence — including the 1885 killings in Squak Valley and the burning of Tacoma's Chinatown — and asked a white audience to account for it.