{"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":"Winner of the 2021 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Nonfiction\nLonglisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature\nFinalist for the 2022 YALSA Award for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction\nAn NPR Best Book of 2021\nA Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2021\nA Time Young Adult Best Book of 2021\nA Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2021\nA Publishers Weekly Best Young Adult Book of 2021\nA School Library Journal Best Book of 2021\nA Horn Book Best Book of 2021\nA 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.\nAmerica 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.\nPaula 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.\nExtensively 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1324052546\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1324052546.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Yoo, Paula\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41448614756410,"sku":"DBV.1324052546.G","price":5.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1324052546-0.jpg?v=1780860081","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/from-a-whisper-to-a-rallying-cry-the-killing-of-vincent-chin-and-the-trial-that-galvanized-the-asian-american-movement","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}