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Author Yoo, Paula, author.

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

Publication Info. [Prince Frederick, Maryland] : [Recorded Books], [2021]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Audiobook One-Click-Digital MP3  Electronic book    ---  Available
Edition Unabridged.
Description 1 online resource (1 audio file (7 hr., 36 min.)) : digital
Playing Time 073600
Description spoken word spw rdacontent
audio s rdamedia
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
other sz rdacarrier
Note Previously released in different form by Recorded Books.
Performer Read by Catherine Ho.
Summary Chronicles the events leading up to and following the murder of Chinese American Vincent Chin in 1982 which sparked the Asian American movement and led to the United States' first federal civil rights trial in connection with an Asian American citizen. Examines the cultural context of the event, the act itself, the trials, and its legacy, and discusses how xenophobia and anti-Asian discrimination and violence have affected the lives of Asian Americans throughout history. Includes black-and-white photographs and a timeline.
Audience 9-12.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Description based on book record and distributor information.
Subject Chin, Vincent, -1982.
Asian Americans -- Civil rights.
Victims of crimes.
Audiobooks.
Electronic books.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations.
Added Author Ho, Catherine, narrator.
Recorded Books, LLC.
ISBN 9781705028346

 
    
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