{"product_id":"from-a-whisper-to-a-rallying-cry-the-killing-of-vincent-chin-and-the-trial-that-galvanized-the-asian-american-movement","title":"From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2021 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinalist for the 2022 YALSA Award for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn NPR Best Book of 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Time Young Adult Best Book of 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Publishers Weekly Best Young Adult Book of 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA School Library Journal Best Book of 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Horn Book Best Book of 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti–Asian American sentiment simmers, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving a Chinese American man, Vincent Chin, beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaula Yoo has crafted 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. The protests that followed led to a federal civil rights trial―the first involving a crime against an Asian American―and galvanized what came to be known as the Asian American movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtensively researched from court transcripts, contemporary news accounts, and in-person interviews with key participants, From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archimedes' Loft - Books \u0026 More, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49979474149653,"sku":"9781324002871","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/0399\/3621\/files\/9781324002871.jpg?v=1781638567","url":"https:\/\/archimedesloft.com\/products\/from-a-whisper-to-a-rallying-cry-the-killing-of-vincent-chin-and-the-trial-that-galvanized-the-asian-american-movement","provider":"Archimedes' Loft - Books \u0026 More, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}