Article 6K63H Chinese American Family's Million Dollar Gift Honors Black Family Who Helped Them When No one Else Would

Chinese American Family's Million Dollar Gift Honors Black Family Who Helped Them When No one Else Would

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Angela Johnson
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Just across the bay from San Diego, Coronado, California, is a community known for beautiful beaches. But in the 1930s, it was also known as a community that wasn't exactly welcoming to families of color. The Dongs, a Chinese American family, learned that the hard way in 1939 when they had trouble finding a place of...

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