From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry

The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement

De: Paula Yoo

Narrado por: Catherine Ho

A compelling account of the killing of Vincent Chin, the verdicts that took the Asian-American community to the streets in protest, and the groundbreaking civil rights trial that followed.

America in 1982. Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti-Asian-American sentiments simmer, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving Vincent Chin - a Chinese-American man - beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson Michael Nitz.

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry is a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years’ probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage in the Asian-American community. This outrage galvanized the Asian-American movement and paved the way for a new federal civil rights trial of the case. Extensively researched from court transcripts and interviews with key case witnesses - many speaking for the first time - Yoo has crafted a suspenseful, nuanced, and authoritative portrait of a pivotal moment in civil rights history, and a man who became a symbol against hatred and racism.

©2021 Paula Yoo (P)2021 Recorded Books Inc.

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