An article on the California Supreme Court of 1921 which saw fit to overturn a piece of legislation which instituted an alien poll tax.
The tax had been passed into law just one year earlier and was found to be in conflict with the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Read another article about Asian immigration to California.
Click here to read about the 1921 [anti-]Alien Land Bill in California.
Read the films that were made in order to assimilate 1920s immigrants.
California Immigration HistoryYellow Peril in California 19211920s Asian Immigration HistoryUS Immigration Law 1921Anti-Immigrant History 1920s CaliforniaAnti-Immigrant Measures in 1920s CaliforniaAnti-Japanese Immigration laws 1920s CaliforniaCalifornia Alien Poll Tax 1920
California Immigration HistoryYellow Peril in California 19211920s Asian Immigration HistoryUS Immigration Law 1921Anti-Immigrant History 1920s CaliforniaAnti-Immigrant Measures in 1920s CaliforniaAnti-Japanese Immigration laws 1920s CaliforniaCalifornia Alien Poll Tax 1920
