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The Bellingham riots occurred on September 4, 1907, in Bellingham, Washington, United States. [1] A mob of 400–500 white men, predominantly members of the Asiatic Exclusion League, with intentions to exclude Indian immigrants from the work force of the local lumber mills, attacked the homes of the South Asian Indians. [2]
The Pacific Coast race riots were a series of riots which occurred in the United States and Canada in 1907. The violent riots resulted from growing anti-Asian sentiment among White populations during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Rioting occurred in San Francisco, Bellingham, and Vancouver.
After the Bellingham race riot on September 5, 1907, many Sikh mill workers took refuge in Vancouver, British Columbia. [11] As South Asian and Sikh refugees arrived in Vancouver, AEL organizers pressed forward with a plan to march through the streets, waving signs and flags that called for “A White Canada.” [12] [13]
The 1907 Vancouver riot was the second act of anti-Asian violence in the history of Vancouver; the first incident took place in the area of Coal Harbour, in 1887. [15]: 172 A riot targeting East Indian lumber workers in Bellingham in 1907 started the events. [16]
In summer 2021 the city of Bellingham stopped streaming the Whatcom County Council meetings on its BTV Live channel at YouTube for the same reason.
In the 19th century, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 created hostile attitudes towards the Chinese people residing in the U.S. [1] The act sparked a wave of anti-Chinese riots and murders occurring in Washington, such as the Tacoma Riot of 1885, the Rock Springs massacre and the Hells Canyon massacre in 1887. [2]
Bellingham still grew by 2.7% (2,428 people) in the two years since the 2020 estimates, which represents the sixth-highest growth rate during that period among the state’s cities with ...
A Bellingham child was injured in an alleged hate crime as a group of students returned from a field trip Wednesday afternoon in downtown Bellingham, police and school officials said.