First Koreatown in the United States

Welcome to the “Pachappa Camp:
The First Koreatown in the United States” online exhibit.

With archival photographs, maps, newspaper articles and advertisements, and other ephemera, this exhibition examines the history and legacy of Pachappa Camp, as well as the fraught life story of Korean community leader Dosan Ahn Chang Ho, who in 1926 was deported from the United States after being falsely accused of being a Bolshevist.


ON VIEW EXHIBITION

Heung Sa Dan of New York at Global Leadership Foundation

Apr 1, 2025 - Apr 10, 2025

Global Leadership Foundation

46-20 Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11355, USA

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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

Civil Rights Institute in Riverside, CA

Jul 24, 2025 - Nov 23, 2025

3933 Mission Inn Avenue suite 103, Riverside, CA 92501, USA

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PAST EXHIBITIONS

Korean Community Center in NJ

Jan 18, 2025 - Feb 15, 2025

100 Grove Street, Tenafly, NJ 07670, USA

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Korean Community Center in DC

Oct 5, 2024 - Nov 14, 2024

6601 Little River Turnpike, Alexandria, VA 22312, USA

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San Francisco & Bay Area Korea Center

Jun 29, 2024 - Sep 28, 2024

745 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, CA, USA

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Pachappa Camp Exhibition Walkthrough

Pachappa Camp is curated by Edward Chang, Professor of Ethnic Studies and founding Director of the Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies at the University of California at Riverside, and Carol K. Park, Graduate Student Researcher, UCR Ethnic Studies, Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies.

ABOUT PACHAPPA CAMP

The “Pachappa Camp: The First Koreatown in the United States” exhibit was first installed at the UCR Arts Center in Riverside, California from October 2021-February 2022. The UCR Arts Center houses the California Museum of Photography and the Barbara & Art Culver Center of the Arts.

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