C100 Webinar: Men of Iron and the Transcontinental Railroad (September 24, 2026)
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Join the Committee of 100 (C100) on September 24 at 5:00 PM PT (8:00 PM ET) for a unique fireside chat focused on the Chinese laborers who were instrumental in the building of the American Transcontinental Railroad. The two speakers will be Gordon Chang, the distinguished Stanford University history professor and Committee of 100 member, who has written extensively about the topic, including “Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad (2019)”, and Jindong Cai, the Director of the U.S. China Music Institute at Bard, who is staging an extr
