- Collection:
- Social Change Collection
- Title:
- Karen Wang oral history interview, 2018-09-26
- Creator:
- Wang, Karen
- Contributor to Resource:
- Lou, Marian
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2018-09-26
- Subject:
- Immigrant families
Immigrant business enterprises
Immigration
Taiwan students--Foreign countries
Asian Americans
RESTAURANTS
Restaurateurs - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
interviews
digital moving image formats - Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Ms. Karen Wang was born and raised in Taipei city, Taiwan. She emigrated to the United States with her husband and her young son to establish their international trading business. They lived in Houston, Texas before relocating to Atlanta, GA permanently. After relocating to Atlanta, they started their restaurant La Maza in Buford, Georgia.
In this interview Ms. Karen Wang talks about her experience as a Taiwanese immigrant living and running a business in Atlanta, GA. She mentions the reasons why her family and several other Asian families at the time came to Atlanta, GA and how they decided to emigrate to the United States for a better life. She recalls her memories of the old Buford city and the Asian restaurants that called the city home before Atlanta had hosted the Olympic games. - Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/schange/id/841
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/schange:841/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright to items in this collection is owned by Georgia State University. Items may be used for scholarship, educational, and personal use. Additional uses will require permission of the rights holder.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Wang Karen, interviewed by Marian Lou, 09-26-2018, In Whose Heart is a Highway: BuHI (buhioh)Oral History project, Social change Oral Histories Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
- Extent:
- 34:02
- Original Collection:
- In Whose Hearts is a Highway: The Buford Highway Oral History Project
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/1696
Social Change Collection - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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