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March Through Detroit’s Downtown
Detroit-area Asian Americans lead an historic civil rights protest march through downtown to the Federal building to condemn the probation sentences of Vincent Chin’s killers and to demand a federal civil rights investigation.
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Asian Americans Protest in Detroit
May 9, 1983: With raised fists, Detroit’s Asian Americans led a region-wide demonstration, declaring, “It’s not fair,” the last words of Vincent Chin, to protest the probationary sentence for the two white assailants who killed him with a baseball bat.
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American Citizens for Justice Picket Line
Throughout the Asian American community’s multipronged legal efforts, American Citizens for Justice (ACJ) organized outspoken, out-and-proud pickets in front of the courthouse to draw attention to the devaluation of Vincent Chin’s life and to call for a fair rehearing.
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Chinese Community in Detroit (Page 3)
Second-generation Detroiter Mabel (Fatt) Lim, wrote this article in the late 1940s for her church newsletter, describing the dynamic Chinese American community. Mabel and Ray Lim, her husband, were active volunteers with the 1980s Justice for Vincent Chin campaign.
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Chinese Community in Detroit (Page 2)
Second-generation Detroiter Mabel (Fatt) Lim, wrote this article in the late 1940s for her church newsletter, describing the dynamic Chinese American community. Mabel and Ray Lim, her husband, were active volunteers with the 1980s Justice for Vincent Chin campaign.
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Chinese Community in Detroit (Page 1)
Second-generation Detroiter Mabel (Fatt) Lim, wrote this article in the late 1940s for her church newsletter, describing the dynamic Chinese American community. Mabel and Ray Lim, her husband, were active volunteers with the 1980s Justice for Vincent Chin campaign.
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Detroit Industry Mural
Diego Rivera’s iconic 1930’s Detroit Industry Murals depict the evolution of Detroit’s industry and labor. Though few Asians worked in Detroit’s high-paying auto industry, a sole Asian American is depicted (lower right) working for Ford Motor Company.
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Those Asian-American Whiz Kids
TIME magazine cover, August 31, 1987: News media, books, industry, and government leaders often perpetuate the harmful “model minority” myth, which falsely portrays all Asians as the “good” minority that has no problems and never speaks up for community needs.
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UAW Members Don’t Like Your Import
Bumper stickers declared Japan to be America’s enemy; these were displayed at the UAW International Headquarters in Detroit in 1983. Japan’s fuel-efficient cars, not Germany and its pioneering VW Beetle, were blamed for the decline of Detroit’s huge, gas-guzzlers.
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Lines At Michigan Employment Security Commission
When the US industrial sector and the auto industry collapsed in the 1980s, after oil crises in the Middle East, workers across the US experienced massive, long-term unemployment, especially in the industrial Midwest.
