Emma Goldman
Season 16 Episode 7 | 53m 7s | Video has closed captioning.
Emma Goldman captivated and polarized the American public for nearly thirty years.
Aired: 04/12/04
Expired: 05/20/22
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The Chinese Six Companies
On May 28, 1900, San Francisco policemen formed a perimeter around Chinatown as officials diagnosed bubonic plague in the neighborhood and wanted to quarantine the nearly 20,000 residents. As tensions flared, an influential group of merchants known as the Chinese Six Companies sprang into action.
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