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13 June 2019 Posted. Lung “Pop” Chin, master storyteller and Chinatown elder, was beloved by the generations of community youth with whom he worked, especially for organizing sports teams and events. Mr. Chin, shown here having just addressed the room, was key to organizing the 1988 reunion; Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Institutional Archives. Lung “Pop” Chin，故事大师和唐人街长老，深受年轻人爱戴，特别是他组织的体育队和运动项目。照片中正在讲话的他是MOCA组织1988年第23公立小学聚会的关键人物；美国华人博物馆（MOCA）机构档案

Two women standing by a table and looking carefully at a group photo on the table. Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Institutional Archives.
二位女士在聚会中仔细观看桌上的当年班级集体照,美国华人博物馆（MOCA）机构档案

In 1988, MOCA staff invited students of the former P.S. 23, then home of the New York Chinatown History Project, to reunite at their old schoolhouse. Staff curator Dorothy Rony and staff historian Charlie Chin created an interactive exhibit, What Did You Learn in School Today? P.S. 23 1893-1976, inviting attendees to share stories and help identify pictures of their classmates. While only thirty former students initially RSVP’d, hundreds of middle aged and elderly alumni flocked to the reunion. The racial divide between generations of students – the eldest were Italian, the youngest all Chinese, and those in the middle a mix – reflected the flow of immigrant communities in the city influenced by the repeal of Chinese Exclusion laws and the migration of Italians out of the neighborhood. Their stories of conflict, such as fights between Italian and Chinese teen gangs over Columbus Park, or Chinese and Jewish people being beaten up in “Italian territory” along Mulberry and Canal Streets, shifted with the timing of the Civil Rights Movement. In 2003, MOCA held a second P.S. 23 Reunion, continuing its role as an organization actively engaged in its community and committed to gathering its memories.

14 June 2019 Posted. New York Chinese School 1951 Yearbook, courtesy of Jeffry Lee, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection. 纽约中文学校1951年毕业纪念册，Jeffry Lee捐赠，美国华人博物馆（MOCA）馆藏

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12 June 2019 Posted. Left：Mrs. Carbone’s 6th grade class at P.S. 23, Courtesy of Richard Wong, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection; Right：P.S. 23 Façade. Photograph taken by Emile Bocian. Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Collection. 左图：Carbone老师的第23公立小学6年级课堂，Richard Wong捐赠，美国华人博物馆（MOCA）馆藏；右图：第23公立小学正面，包信拍摄，美国华人博物馆（MOCA）馆藏