First Koreatown in the United States
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.
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PAST EXHIBITIONS
Civil Rights Institute in Riverside, CA
Jul 24, 2025 - Nov 23, 2025
3933 Mission Inn Avenue suite 103, Riverside, CA 92501, USA
Korean Cultural Center in Chicago
Jun 7, 2025 - Jun 28, 2025
9925 Capitol Drive, Wheeling, IL 60090, USA
Heung Sa Dan of New York at Global Leadership Foundation
Apr 1, 2025 - Apr 10, 2025
46-20 Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, NY 11355, USA
Korean Community Center in NJ
Jan 18, 2025 - Feb 15, 2025
100 Grove Street, Tenafly, NJ 07670, USA
Korean Community Center in DC
Oct 5, 2024 - Nov 14, 2024
6601 Little River Turnpike, Alexandria, VA 22312, USA
San Francisco & Bay Area Korea Center
Jun 29, 2024 - Sep 28, 2024
745 Buchanan Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
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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