Bellingham Racial History Timeline

1890’s Cannery Discrimination

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Local canneries employ immigrant labor but workers are confined to company property. More…

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1906 First Black student

1885 Chinese Expelled

The lack of racial diversity in Bellingham is not an accident. Colonization, followed by a history of discriminatory practices, policies, and events, have shaped our city. We have to understand our history to create a future in which everyone belongs and can flourish together.

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