The city of Los Angeles is working to create a memorial that commemorates the 1871 Chinese Massacre.
On Oct. 24, 1871, a mob attacked downtown Los Angeles, killing 18 Chinese men. It’s considered to be the most “lethal example of racial violence” in LA’s history, according to the LA Times.
A bronze plaque was installed into a sidewalk in front of the Chinese American Museum in 2001.
On Friday, the 1871 Steering Committee will release a report with recommendations on how the memorial should be properly memorialized.
Mayor Eric Garcetti created the group with councilmember Kevin de León in July. The group is made up of Chinese American leaders in the Los Angeles City and County. Michael Woo, the first Asian American elected to the LA City Council, co-chairs the committee.
"We're very committed to making this a world class memorial -- something that people will really want to see, which includes not just physical monuments but is very effective in telling the story about the violence," Woo told CNN.
"[We want] people to see that this is not only about the past, that it's about something very current in terms of the overlapping of race and violence that is still a big problem in America today."
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