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Interview with Juror for Civil Rights Trial
The foreperson who headed the twelve-person jury of the federal civil rights trial in Detroit gives the reasons for finding Ronald Ebens guilty of violating Vincent Chin’s civil rights.
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1983 Rally in Detroit
The 1983 Asian American-led rally had multiracial, cross-cultural, and inter-faith support, including (from left to right) Winston Lang, NAACP Detroit; Horace Sheffield Jr., founder of Detroit Association of Black Organizations; attorney Liza Chan; and Kin Yee, first president of American Citizens for Justice.
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The American Citizens for Justice (Page 4)
The newly formed pan-Asian civil rights organization reached out to every Asian ethnic group it could find. Within weeks, the broad list of endorsing groups showed that a multi-ethnic, pan-Asian advocacy movement under the umbrella concept “Asian American” was possible.
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The American Citizens for Justice (Page 3)
The newly formed pan-Asian civil rights organization reached out to every Asian ethnic group it could find. Within weeks, the broad list of endorsing groups showed that a multi-ethnic, pan-Asian advocacy movement under the umbrella concept “Asian American” was possible.
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The American Citizens for Justice (Page 2)
The newly formed pan-Asian civil rights organization reached out to every Asian ethnic group it could find. Within weeks, the broad list of endorsing groups showed that a multi-ethnic, pan-Asian advocacy movement under the umbrella concept “Asian American” was possible.
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The American Citizens for Justice (Page 1)
The newly formed pan-Asian civil rights organization reached out to every Asian ethnic group it could find. Within weeks, the broad list of endorsing groups showed that a multi-ethnic, pan-Asian advocacy movement under the umbrella concept “Asian American” was possible.
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Jesse Jackson with Lily Chin
In a show of Black-Asian solidarity, Rev. Jesse Jackson (center back row, seated) stops at San Francisco’s Cameron House during his 1984 presidential campaign to support Lily Chin, Vincent’s mother (standing at podium), and the national civil rights campaign for justice that began in Detroit.
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Press Release On Sentence for Vincent Chin’s Killers (Page 3)
This first press release from the Asian American community protested the injustice to Vincent Chin when his killers received probation was issued before American Citizens for Justice was established, but that did not stop the community from speaking out.
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Press Release On Sentence for Vincent Chin’s Killers (Page 2)
This first press release from the Asian American community protested the injustice to Vincent Chin when his killers received probation was issued before American Citizens for Justice was established, but that did not stop the community from speaking out.
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Press Release On Sentence for Vincent Chin’s Killers (Page 1)
This first press release from the Asian American community protested the injustice to Vincent Chin when his killers received probation was issued before American Citizens for Justice was established, but that did not stop the community from speaking out.
