Beneath the Railroad Ties: A Century of Chinese Laborers’ Blood and Tears

In 1860, Chinese laborers were lured to America to build the famous transcontinental railroad. Their terrible experiences, unfair treatment, and the discrimination, slander, and erasure from history they endured were not acknowledged and recognized until 150 years later, in a New York Times article titled “Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Erased From History. Now They’re Getting Their Due.”