And The Soul Shall Dance Timeline

  • Naturalization Law

    Only whites able to become naturalized citizens of the United States.
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    The Chinese Exclusion Act barred immigration of Chinese nationals.
  • First Alien Land Law(California)

    Declared Japanese immigrants could lease land for a period of no more than three years barring the purchase of land by Japanese immigrants
  • Second Alien Law(California)

    Barred lease or purchase of land by individual Japanese nationals or corporations.
  • Ozawa Case

    A Supreme Court Case in which it was declared that a Japanese who qualified to become a citizen in every other way could be denied citizenship for not being white.