Mae Ngai

Wed, May 2 | Hear about Ric Burns' upcoming film 'The Chinese Exclusion Act,' and how the little-known 1882 law has influenced our current immigration debate.

Historian Mae Ngai, uncovers the three-generational saga of a Chinese family and the lasting legacy of the immigrant experience in America. The Lucky Ones: One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America is centered on the Tape family, the first of a brand-new social type—middle-class Chinese Americans.