Detroit Main Public Library

Association of Chinese Americans Celebrates Asian Pacific American Contributions Through Railroad Exhibit Between September and October, 2019, the Association of Chinese Americans (ACA) will be hosting a traveling exhibit on the building of the Transcontinental Railroad and the role of Chinese laborers in its construction.  Titled “The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental,” the seven-panel exhibit is the result of a collaborative effort between the Chinese Historical Society of America and the Chinese Railroad Workers in North America…