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"Early in the decision process, there was a debate as to whether or not to be typical Asians. Passive, write letters, be polite about it versus be vocal, going to the streets to protest, and making the case in the media. In the end, the decision was made to go public because we felt we had to fight and let everyone know the anger, the sense of injustice we had suffered." - Jim Shimoura, civil rights attorney (Lam)
"We must speak up. These men killed my son like an animal. But they go free. This is wrong. We must tell the people, this is wrong." Lily Chin, Vincent's mother at ACJ meeting (Zia 65) "As president of the Detroit chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans, I worked with Kin Yee, who headed the Chinese Benevolent Association. We launched a series of community meetings that gave rise to American Citizens for Justice (ACJ), an Asian-American civil rights organization. Journalists such as Helen Zia, automotive engineers, volunteer lawyers, and others came together to create this movement." - Roland Hwang, ACJ President (Hwang) |
"At first we started out with just maybe a dozen people who were journalists and lawyers in the Asian-American community, and then it grew exponentially." (Lam, Moyers)
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"It's that sentence, the fact that no one was sent to prison for even one day, that has so many people outraged, outraged and charging that the two men who beat Vincent Chin to death, literally got away with murder." (Lam)
Statement of Principles |
"It (American Citizens for Justice) was the first Asian-American advocacy group of its kind with a national scope. And it led to one of the first federal prosecutions of a civil rights case on the behalf of an Asian-American." (Moyers)
Katelyn Khounsourath
Individual Website Junior Division |
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Process Paper Word Count: 499 Total Media Time: 4:00 |