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Vincent Chin graduated from Oak Park High School in 1973, going on to study at Control Data Institute [13]: 58 and Lawrence Tech. [14] At the time of his death, Chin was employed as an industrial draftsman at Efficient Engineering, an automotive supplier, [12] and waiting tables at the Golden Star restaurant in Ferndale, Michigan on weekends. [4]
“Forty-two years ago, Vincent Chin was beaten to death in the heart of my district," said U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Detroit, an immigrant from India who is the first member of Congress from ...
Two white autoworkers bludgeoned 27-year-old Chinese American Vincent Chin to death with a baseball bat during his bachelor party in Detroit in 1982, but his loved ones' cries for justice fell on ...
A civil suit for the unlawful death of Vincent Chin was settled out of court on March 23, 1987. Nitz was ordered to pay $50,000 in $30 weekly installments over the following 10 years. Ebens was ordered to pay $1.5 million, at $200/month for the first two years and 25% income or $200/month thereafter, whichever was greater. This represented the ...
Decades before Chinese immigrant Yao Pan Ma was attacked while collecting cans in New York and Thai American Vicha Ratanapakdee was fatally assaulted in San Francisco, Vincent Chin was beaten to ...
Who Killed Vincent Chin? is a 1987 American documentary film produced and directed by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña that recounts the murder of Vincent Chin. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [2] It was later broadcast as part of the PBS series POV. [3]
And his killing has inspired documentaries, a podcast and a movie, “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” Vincent Chin was a victim of brutal, racial violence, but from that tragedy emerged “a chorus of Asian American voices,” Curtis Chin says. Considerable work ahead. The autoworkers who attacked Chin blamed foreign vehicle manufacturers for ...
As cities nationwide commemorate the death of Vincent Chin, civil rights advocates say this anniversary is particularly resonant in light of increasing hate