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From a whisper to a rallying cry : the killing of Vincent Chin and the trial that galvanized the Asian American movement /

A groundbreaking portrait of Vincent Chin and the murder case that took America's Asian American community to the streets in protest of injustice. America in 1982. Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti-Asian American senti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yoo, Paula (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Chin, Vincent, > -1982 > Juvenile literature.
Chin, Vincent, > -1982.
Asian Americans > Civil rights > Juvenile literature.
Murder victims > United States > Juvenile literature.
HISTORY / United States / General.
Table of Contents:
  • "You don't know about Vincent Chin?"
  • "The last time"
  • "They keep their history very quiet"
  • "It's not fair"
  • "Are you gonna let him call you that?"
  • Justice for Vincent Chin
  • "In the spotlight"
  • United States v. Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz
  • "In the shadows"
  • Beyond a reasonable doubt
  • "I really don't want to talk about it"
  • "Remember me always"
  • "We need to talk about this"
  • Afterword
  • Timeline.