Li Keng Gee Wong

Li Keng Gee WONG

1933 from Toisan, China

Seven-year-old Li Keng Gee Wong was detained on Angel Island for six days where her mother posed as her aunt. “The windows and doors were barred by chicken wire. Lights hung down from the high ceiling. Despite the lights, the building was dark, bleak, gray, and depressing. I felt as if I were in a prison.”

(Portrat by Frank Yang, SFSU 2017)

• Read about Li Keng Gee Wong in "Immigrant Voices"