Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance & RededicationIn the News
LATEST6/24/22 • FAIR‘The Miscarriage of Justice Catalyzed a Whole Movement Led by Asian Americans’
Janine Jackson interviewed Helen Zia about the legacy of Vincent Chin for the June 17, 2022, episode of CounterSpin.
6/23/22 • USA Today40 years after Vincent Chin's death, Asian Americans continue fighting against hate in Detroit and beyond
Helen Zia remembers how stunned she felt 40 years ago when she read the two men who beat Vincent Chin to death in Highland Park, an enclave of Detroit, were only given probation in his death.
6/23/22 • The New YorkerThe Many Afterlives of Vincent Chin
Chin’s killing, forty years ago, has inspired documentaries, television, young-adult books, and countless works of scholarship. What do we want from his story, and the people who tell it?
6/22/22 • BBC SoundsWitness History: The Killing of Vincent Chin
In June 1982 a young Chinese-American engineer was murdered with a baseball bat by two white men in the US city of Detroit. The lenient sentences the perpetrators received sparked an Asian-American civil rights movement with protests across the US. At the time, America was going through an economic depression and many were blaming Japan which was perceived to be flooding the US with its cars. For Asian-Americans it was a time of fear. Farhana Haider has been speaking to Helen Zia, one of the activists leading the fight for justice. This programme was first broadcast in 2017.
6/22/22 • Detroit Metro TimesNearly 40 years ago, a Metro Times reporter helped turn the killing of Vincent Chin into a movement for Asian American rights
On June 19, 1982, 27-year-old Vincent Chin was celebrating his bachelor party when two white men fatally bludgeoned him with a baseball bat outside of a crowded Highland Park McDonald’s. He died four days later at Henry Ford Hospital.
The case was initially covered locally as a barroom brawl gone bad. “There was a story in the Free Press that was sort of a tragic feature story with a picture of a very handsome Asian man and his attractive bride to be,” recalls Helen Zia, then an aspiring young journalist who got her start at the Detroit Metro Times. But Zia says she always felt there was more to the story than what was being reported.
6/22/22 • 6 News Richmond40 years after Vincent Chin murder, fight against anti-Asian violence continues
This week marked 40 years since the killing of Chinese American Vincent Chin in Detroit. His beating death at the hands of two white men, who served no prison time, sparked outrage and a civil rights movement within the Asian-American community.
6/22/22 • WTMJ-TV Milwaukee40 years after Vincent Chin murder, fight against anti-Asian violence continues
This week marked 40 years since the killing of Chinese American Vincent Chin in Detroit. His beating death at the hands of two white men, who served no prison time, sparked outrage and a civil rights movement within the Asian-American community.
6/22/22 • ABC Denver 740 years after Vincent Chin murder, fight against anti-Asian violence continues
This week marked 40 years since the killing of Chinese American Vincent Chin in Detroit. His beating death at the hands of two white men, who served no prison time, sparked outrage and a civil rights movement within the Asian-American community.
6/21/22 • AsAmNewsLessons from Vincent Chin 40th commemoration
On June 19th, 40 years to the day that Vincent Chin was beaten into a coma (he died June 23rd), his second Cousin Annie Tan spoke by his grave. It was an Interfaith Remembrance Ceremony of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Sikhs, Bahai’s and non-religious attendees. On this warm, bright day, at the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Detroit, Annie Tan spoke for the dozens of surviving and grieving relatives of Vincent Chin.
6/21/22 • PBS40 years after Vincent Chin’s death, activists work to keep legacy from fading
Director and writer Curtis Chin grew up in Detroit’s small, close-knit Chinatown. His family owned Chung’s, a long popular Chinese restaurant and local landmark, which was sold in 2006 after his father died.
There were only a handful of Chins in the Detroit area, he recalled — “It was mostly Yees” — so those who shared the same family association were close. In the summer of 1982, when he was 14, he and his family were planning to attend the wedding of family friend Vincent Chin, where Curtis’ uncle was serving as best man.
They attended his funeral instead.
6/21/22 • The Kresge Foundation The power of community: Reflections on the Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance and Rededication
Monday night, with the national PBS broadcast of the 1988 movie “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” the Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance and Rededication came to a close. The culmination of many months of planning by committee members across the country, with Kresge’s support as a presenting sponsor, the five days of activities in Detroit included film screenings, public art, musical and spoken word performances, panel discussions and more, all to mark the tragic events of 1982 that were a scar on the city and country, but that also energized the modern Asian American civil rights movement. Kresge Detroit Program Wendy Lewis Jackson, in a media conference last month to announce the planned activities, said the foundation supported the effort in in hopes that it “will spark a national conversation on democracy, racial justice and Asian American culture. Our hope is that these events will engage present and future generations in the commitment to social justice and the fight against racism and hate.”
6/21/22 • Current‘Vincent Chin’ rebroadcast extends Detroit Public TV’s engagement with Asian-American community
When Asian competitors in the auto industry drew jobs away from blue-collar workers in a Rust Belt city, the bitter xenophobia of white residents crystallized into violence. At the height of this populist fury, two white men killed Vincent Chin, a 27-year-old Chinese-American man from Highland Park near Detroit.
6/20/22 • PBS NewsHourExamining Asian American civil rights 40 years after Vincent Chin's murder
June marks 40 years since the brutal death of Vincent Chin. The 27-year-old was beaten to death with a baseball bat by two men, who were fined $3,000 and received no jail time. His death sparked calls for justice and a national movement among Asian Americans. Author Min Jin Lee, a writer-in-residence at Amherst College, joins Amna Nawaz for more on his death and Asian American identity today.
6/20/22 • WWJ Newsradio 950"He was treated like an animal!" It's been 40 years since Vincent Chin was murdered in Highland Park. What has changed? And what hasn't?
Sunday marked 40 years since the beating of Vincent Chin, an Asian-American student at Lawrence Tech University.
Just days before he was set to be married, Chin was beaten by two auto employees in Highland Park that were apparently angry about the rise of the Japanese automobile. Chin died four days later.
In a new edition of The Daily J podcast, WWJ’s Zach Clark examines Chin’s murder, looking at the racial motivation behind it, and why it’s still important four decades later.
6/19/22 • The Rafu ShimpoEncore Presentation of Documentary ‘Who Killed Vincent Chin?’
“POV,” now in its 35th year as America’s longest-running independent documentary series, presents a special encore presentation of the gripping 1988 Academy Award-nominated film “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” by filmmakers Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña on Monday, June 20, 2022 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.
6/19/22 • Michigan RadioDuring the remembrance of Vincent Chin, Asian American filmmakers gather in Detroit to support the Midwest
Asian American documentarians had their first official Midwest gathering in Detroit this weekend, bringing together artists and creatives for potential collaboration and building filmmaking momentum in the region.
The gathering was part of the 40-year remembrance and rededication of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man killed by two white people in Detroit, days before his wedding. His murder and case are often credited with sparking the modern Asian American civil rights movement.
6/18/22 • The Rafu ShimpoDetroit Honors Vincent Chin, Asian American Killed in 1982
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 death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.
6/17/22 • Comcast NewsmakersWho Is Vincent Chin? The Case That Changed Asian American History
On June 19, 1982, Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, was beaten to death by two white men in Detroit, during a time of intense anti-Asian hate.
Forty years since the murder of Vincent Chin, civil rights activist, author, and journalist Helen Zia joins host Tetiana Anderson to discuss how this racially motivated hate crime fueled a national movement for Asian American rights and justice.
6/17/22 • WDET 101.9For Asian Americans, 40th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s killing is a reminder of how much work still remains
Four decades ago a pair of white men beat Chinese American Vincent Chin to death in Highland Park, then received no jail time for the crime.
The incident became a crucial turning point in Asian Americans’ nationwide fight for civil rights.
In Michigan, state lawmakers created the Michigan Asian Pacific American Affairs Commission. The commission’s David Han says the 40th anniversary of Chin’s death marks a time to reflect on what happened and realize how much work still remains.
6/17/22 • PopMattersTHE “WHO” IN ‘WHO KILLED VINCENT CHIN?’ IS A SUGGESTIVE MISDIRECT
Though its footage was shot during the Reagan presidency, Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Pena’s Oscar-nominated 1987 documentary Who Killed Vincent Chin? shows a Detroit that looks entirely familiar. The urban core’s even then somewhat threadbare, dark, and windswept streets are contrasted with images of an earlier and more prosperous era to show how far the Motor City had fallen, much as filmmakers more than three decades later continue to do.
6/17/22 • FAIRHelen Zia on Vincent Chin Legacy, Alec Karakatsanis on Chesa Boudin Recall
This week on CounterSpin: The New York Times didn’t address the brutal 1982 murder of Chinese-American Vincent Chin until 1983, in response to ongoing protest centered in Detroit’s Asian-American community, about the killing and the lack of justice—at which point the paper ran a story with a lead claiming that when “two men were quickly charged and prosecuted…the incident faded from many memories.” One, the process was hardly that tidy. And two, whose memories, exactly?
6/17/22 • Sing Tao Daily陳果仁遇害40周年 亞裔維權任重道遠
在全美針對亞裔仇恨犯罪增加之時，底特律市和「陳果仁40周年紀念聯盟」（The Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance & Rededication Coalition）合作，從16日開始展開為期4天的紀念活動，向始於陳果仁遇害的維權運動致敬，並宣布底特律市承諾反對種族暴力。
6/17/22 • WNYC"Who Killed Vincent Chin?" on the 40th anniversary of tragedy
The Oscar nominated documentary "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" examines a case from 40 years ago that galvanized Asian Americans to rally against racial violence. Filmmaker Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña delve into the background tensions of Detroit's auto industry in the 1980s that were a backdrop to a tragedy.
6/17/22 • WSWSForty-year anniversary of Vincent Chin killing marked amid surge of anti-Asian violence
June 19 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Chinese-American draftsman Vincent Chin, who was beaten to death in Detroit by Chrysler plant superintendent Ronald Ebens and his unemployed stepson Michael Nitz. The murder took place amid a wave of anti-Japanese hysteria fanned by the United Auto Workers and Democratic Party politicians.
6/17/22 • NPRWhy Vincent Chin matters today, 40 years after his death
Vincent Chin was beaten to death by two white auto workers in Detroit 40 years ago. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with organizer Helen Zia about how his death and what followed resonates today.
6/17/22 • NBC NewsHow Vincent Chin is being remembered, 40 years after his death
As cities nationwide commemorate the death of Vincent Chin, civil rights advocates say this anniversary is particularly resonant in light of increasing hate and violence aimed at Asian Americans.
6/17/22 • WKAR NewsAsian American leaders kick off commemoration events honoring Vincent Chin
A four-day series of events starting Thursday will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the brutal murder of Vincent Chin. The Chinese American was beaten to death while celebrating his upcoming wedding on June 19 after two white autoworkers mistakenly thought he was Japanese, who they blamed for auto job losses.
6/16/22 • WDET 101.9Asian American leaders kick off commemoration events honoring Vincent Chin
A four-day series of events starting Thursday will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the brutal murder of Vincent Chin. The Chinese American was beaten to death while celebrating his upcoming wedding on June 19, 1982, after two white autoworkers mistakenly thought he was Japanese, who they blamed for auto job losses.
6/16/22 • USNews.comDetroit Honors Vincent Chin, Asian American Killed in 1982
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 death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.
6/16/22 • Federal News NetworkDetroit honors Vincent Chin, Asian American killed in 1982
Forty years later — and amid a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans — Detroit has partnered with The Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance & Rededication Coalition on a four-day commemoration to honor civil rights efforts that began with Chin’s death and declare the city’s commitment against such violence.
6/16/22 • WSB-TV 2 Detroit honors Vincent Chin, Asian American killed in 1982
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 death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.
6/16/22 • CourtTVDETROIT HONORS VINCENT CHIN, ASIAN AMERICAN KILLED IN 1982
“Although hate crimes existed, Vincent Chin did bring out a flash point for Asian Americans,” Stanley Mark, senior staff attorney at the New York-based Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said, calling Chin’s death “a seminal moment among Asian Americans.”
6/16/22 • PBSDetroit honors Vincent Chin, Asian American killed in a 1982 hate attack, with commemoration
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 death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.
6/16/22 • Los Angeles TimesDetroit honors Vincent Chin, whose killing 40 years ago galvanized Asian Americans
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 death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.
6/16/22 • The Detroit Free PressAsian Americans continue fighting 40 years after death of Vincent Chin
When Helen Zia read in the newspaper almost 40 years ago that the men who killed Vincent Chin in Highland Park were sentenced only to probation, she was stunned.
6/16/22 • The Bay State BannerThe legacy of Vincent Chin
Forty years ago, on the eve of his wedding, a young Chinese American named Vincent Chin was fatally beaten with a baseball bat on the streets of Detroit by two white men shouting anti-Asian slurs. The miscarriage of justice that followed — neither assailant served a day in jail for the crime — marked the birth of the modern day Asian American civil rights movement.
6/16/22 • The Detroit News40 years later: How Vincent Chin's death sparked a civil rights movement
6/16/22 • WDET 101.9How the killing of Vincent Chin exposed the weaknesses of Michigan’s criminal justice system
This week marks the 40th anniversary of the murder of Vincent Chin in Highland Park. In a racist attack, Chin was beaten to death by two men who blamed the Chinese American man for a loss of automotive jobs.
6/16/22 • New York TimesDecades After Infamous Beating Death, Recent Attacks Haunt Asian Americans
Vincent Chin, a Chinese immigrant, was beaten to death after being pursued by two white Detroit autoworkers in 1982. On the 40th anniversary of his death, many hear frightening echoes.
6/16/22 • AP NewsDetroit honors Vincent Chin, Asian American killed in 1982
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 death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.
Forty years later — and amid a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans — Detroit has partnered with The Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance & Rededication Coalition on a four-day commemoration to honor civil rights efforts that began with Chin’s death and declare the city’s commitment against such violence.
6/16/22 • The Detroit NewsAsian Americans to celebrate heritage, arts, community with performances at the DIA
Midwest Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) musicians, dancers and poets will unite Saturday for an evening celebrating the collaboration, healing and spirit of their community during the “Celebrating Asian American Arts, Community & Culture” performance. The free event will take place at the Detroit Film Theatre inside the Detroit Institute of Arts and is part of a series of events commemorating the 40th anniversary of the murder of Chinese-American Vincent Chin.
6/15/22 • National PostDetroit honors Vincent Chin, Asian American killed in 1982
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 death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.
6/15/22 • KTAR NewsDetroit honors Vincent Chin, Asian American killed in 1982
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 death with a baseball bat in Detroit by two white men who never served jail time.
6/15/22 • WDET 101.9Detroit Evening Report, June 15, 2022
Mural commemorating Vincent Chin unveiled to kick off four-day remembrance events
6/15/22 • WXYZVincent Chin remembered 40 years after his death and the climate of hate since pandemic
This week marks 40 years since the killing of Vincent Chin - a Chinese American autoworker who was beaten to death in a perceived hate crime on the night of his bachelor party.
The Asian American community begins remembrance events in his honor.
6/15/22 • Detroit Metro TimesVincent Chin, killed 40 years ago, to be commemorated with events in Detroit this week
Chin’s death at the hands of two autoworkers sparked a movement against Asian American hate crimes that is all too relevant today
6/15/22 • CBS DetroitVincent Chin 40th Remembrance & Rededication Events Kickoff June 15
Forty years after the murder of Vincent Chin, officials are launching four days of events to commemorate his life.
6/15/22 • Newsbreak OriginalEvents Will Remember The Life and Death of Vincent Chin
Japanese cars are quite popular in the United States. They were gaining prominence among the American public forty years ago. They were generally smaller and more fuel efficient than the larger American cars. It caused some racism and hate among certain segments of the population, especially autoworkers in Detroit.
A young Chinese American man named Vincent Chin was beaten and killed by American autoworkers because he was of Asian descent. They must have thought he was Japanese.
Asian American and civil rights communities are holding events which are called: Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance and Rededication.
6/14/22 • Chicago TribuneJulia Wang: 40 years after his death, why isn’t Vincent Chin taught in the classroom?
On June 19, 1982, a young Chinese American man named Vincent Chin was killed by two white men in Detroit on the night of his bachelor party His assailants, Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz, misidentified Chin as Japanese, blamed him for losing their jobs as autoworkers, and beat him to death with a baseball bat. At their trial, the judge fined them $3,000 and gave them probation instead of jail time, stating, “these weren’t the kind of men you send to jail.” In response, community leaders and activists like journalist Helen Zia formed American Citizens for Justice, a multiracial coalition organizing against anti-Asian and other forms of racial violence. Protests took place across the country, chanting “$3,000 for a life.” Many protesters identified as “Asian American” for the first time.
6/14/22 • Detroit Public TVOne Detroit Special Report - "Vincent Chin's Legacy"
Nearly 40 years after the racially motivated murder of Chinese American Vincent Chin in Detroit, which sparked the modern Asian American civil rights movement, the hate crime is being seen in a new light alongside a more recent rise in anti-Asian hate across the country; one that looks similar to Chin's case, but some experts say is much worse. Back in 1982, when Vincent Chin was murdered by two autoworkers, a wave of anti-Asian sentiment swept over Detroit and the nation as it was mired in recession and Detroit automakers were losing market share to Japanese car company Toyota. Today, the murder of Vincent Chin resonates with a new wave of anti-Asian hate, heard through rhetoric around the COVID-19 pandemic and seen in the tragic Atlanta spa shootings and other racially motivated killings that have targeted Asian Americans. One Detroit Senior Producer Bill Kubota explores how Vincent Chin's legacy has shaped a new wave of Asian American civil rights activists. Plus, he explores how Vincent Chin's story is being used as a vehicle to educate K-12 students about Asian American history.
6/14/22 • Detroit Public TV"Who Killed Vincent Chin?" AIRS on Monday, June 20 at 10pm ET on Detroit Public Television
Airing on Detroit Public Television locally and around the country, POV will present a special encore presentation of the gripping 1987 Academy Award® nominated film, “Who Killed Vincent Chin?”, by filmmakers Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña, on Monday, June 20, 2022 at 10 p.m. ET.
6/13/22 • Detroit Public TVOne Detroit Special Report - ""Who Killed Vincent Chin?" - Revisited"
Nearly four decades after the documentary "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" premiered, the filmmakers Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña, alongside Detroit Public TV's Juanita Anderson, join Detroit-area filmmaker Chien-An Yuan to talk about the making of the documentary, the civil rights movement they covered in real-time, and the significance the film still holds nearly today.
6/13/22 • Michigan Public RadioStateside: Monday, June 13, 2022
Celeste Shimoura Goedert and Chien-An Yuan explained the art installation they are working on to commemorate Vincent Chin. Chin, a Chinese-American, was beaten to death 40 years ago because his racist attackers incorrectly thought he was Japanese-American.
6/13/22 • Detroit Public TVOne Detroit Segment - Artist Anthony Lee New Vincent Chin Mural in Detroit's Former Chinatown
Watch this One Detroit segment on-demand here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpwMT... It's been nearly 40 years since the tragic death of Chinese American Vincent Chin put Detroit in the national headlines. At the time, Detroit had a thriving Chinatown district near Cass Avenue, but Detroit's Asian American community was hit hard after hearing the news of Chin's murder.
6/13/22 • One DetroitArtist Anthony Lee Commissions New Vincent Chin Mural in Detroit's Former Chinatown
It's been nearly 40 years since the tragic death of Chinese American Vincent Chin put Detroit in the national headlines. At the time, Detroit had a thriving Chinatown district near Cass Avenue, but Detroit's Asian American community was hit hard after hearing the news of Chin's murder.
6/13/22 • Detroit Free PressBad Axe,' 'Who Killed Vincent Chin?' documentaries get free screenings in Detroit
Two award-winning documentaries that grapple with the Asian American experience are receiving free screenings at the Detroit Institute of Arts this week.
6/12/22 • WXYZ-TVSPOTLIGHT ON VINCENT CHIN AND RIGHT TO COUNSEL 6-12-22
6/12/22 • WXYZ-TV7Spotlight on the News: Remembering Vincent Chin 40 years later; and inside Detroit Right to Counsel
On Sunday, June 12, Spotlight on the News will remember Vincent Chin and why important public events are about to take place in his honor 40 years after his murder. Rebeka Islam, Director of the Vincent Chin commemoration, will join us.
6/2/22 • The Kresge FoundationEvents mark 40th anniversary of killing that sparked Asian American rights movement
Film screenings in Detroit, live and livestreamed discussions and the PBS airing of a key film are included in the recently announced schedule of events for the Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance and Rededication.
6/1/22 • International Daily News陳果仁是誰?
美國是民族大溶爐，許多這片土地上的家庭長輩及親人，為光宗耀祖先,離鄉背景遠離, 私怨、獨裁、落後、貧困。追求,理想高等教育和人權自由,而移居美國落地生根繁衍後代。
6/1/22 • ChineseInSFBay.com陈果仁案40周年 时刻警醒亚裔团结起来反对种族主义暴力
洛杉矶华人资讯网5月31日报道 40年前，一位名叫陈果仁（Vincent Chi）的即将结婚的年轻华裔在底特律被两名大喊反亚裔口号的白人用棒球棍当街打死。随后发生的司法不公，两名袭击者均未因此被判入狱，标志着现代亚裔民权运动的诞生。直至今日，此案也时刻警醒亚裔团结起来反对种族主义暴力。
6/1/22 • ChineseInLA.com陈果仁案40周年 时刻警醒亚裔团结起来反对种族主义暴力
洛杉矶华人资讯网5月31日报道 40年前，一位名叫陈果仁（Vincent Chi）的即将结婚的年轻华裔在底特律被两名大喊反亚裔口号的白人用棒球棍当街打死。随后发生的司法不公，两名袭击者均未因此被判入狱，标志着现代亚裔民权运动的诞生。直至今日，此案也时刻警醒亚裔团结起来反对种族主义暴力。
5/31/22 • The LA PostCross-Racial Solidarity Against Racist Violence: The Legacy of Vincent Chin
Forty years ago, on the eve of his wedding, a young Chinese American named Vincent Chin was fatally beaten with a baseball bat on the streets of Detroit by two white men shouting anti-Asian slurs. The miscarriage of justice that followed – neither assailant served a day in jail for the crime – marked the birth of the modern day Asian American civil rights movement.
5/31/22 • Kyocharo인종차별의 희생자 빈센트 친 사망 40주기: 인종 그룹 간의 연대로 차별에 맞서야 할 것
올해는 1982년 디트로이트 자동차 공장에서 해직당한 2명의 미국 백인에게 살해당한 중국계 미국인인 빈센트 친이 사망한지 40주년이 되는 해이다. 이에 시민권 단체 연합은 빈센트 친의 사망으로 그가 남긴 시민권 유산을 기리고 반이민자, 특히 반아시안 정서와 증오범죄에 대한 우려를 종식시키는 것을 목표로 6월 16일부터 19일까지 행사를 개최할 예정이다. 지난 27일 에스닉 미디어 서비스는 인종차별로 인한 억울한 죽음을 맞은 27세 청년 빈센트 친 사망사건 40주년을 맞아 그의 죽음이 아시아계 미국인 공동체에 남긴 유산과, 지난 팬데믹 기간 동안 급증하고 있는 아시안 증오범죄에 대해 짚어보는 시간을 마련했다.
5/31/22 • ethnic media servicesHelen Zia on Vincent Chin Legacy
Author and activist Helen Zia discusses America's history of scapegoating Asian Americans during times of economic and social crises.
5/30/22 • Grandmar Media陈果仁事件四十周年后 亚裔仍面临种族压力
底特律华人陈果仁（Vincent Chin）于40年前，在结婚前夕被人用球棒袭击死亡，两名白人行凶者没有受到应有的法律惩罚，该案孕育了近代美国的亚裔民权运动。今年6月19日是陈果仁事件四十周年纪念，底特律将举办系列纪念活动，加州少数族裔媒体服务机构（Ethnic Media Services）近日也举办线上会议，探讨近四十年来陈果仁事件对美国亚裔群体的影响。
5/29/22• world journal陈果仁事件40周年 专家：亚裔团结 才能抵制仇恨犯罪
美国少数族裔媒体服务中心（EMS）27日举办在线讨论会，纪念陈果仁（Vincent Chin）事件的影响，强化族裔团结，反抗日益严重的种族歧视和暴力。四位主讲人认为，近年针对少数族裔，尤其是亚裔仇恨犯罪加剧，亚裔只有紧密团结，分化阴谋，才能有效抵制种族歧视及仇恨犯罪。
5/27/22 • yahoo陳果仁事件40周年 專家：亞裔更團結 才能抵制仇恨犯罪
美國少數族裔媒體服務中心（EMS）27日舉辦線上討論會，紀念陳果仁（Vincent Chin）事件的影響，強化族裔團結，反抗日益嚴重的種族歧視和暴力。四位主講人認為，近年針對少數族裔尤其是亞裔仇恨犯罪加劇，亞裔只有緊密團結，挫敗分化陰謀，才會有效抵制種族歧視及仇恨犯罪。
5/27/22 • Susan YX Li Multimedia团结一致反种族暴力，纪念成陈果仁逝世40週年，向他遗留下来的影响致敬
5月27日太平洋时间上午11点，少数族裔媒体服务中心召开网上会议。 会议的主题是向陈果仁(Vincent Chin)遗留下来的影响致敬 - 加强跨越种族问题，团结一致来抵抗日益严重的种族暴力抬头。
5/27/22 • Sino TV社會活動人士倡導加強團結抵抗種族暴力
40年前美籍華裔製圖員陳果仁在他結婚的前一個晚上被人行凶棒球棍毆打致死。在那個暴行以及審判的不公發生之後開啟了近代亞裔民權運動的誕生，本次網絡會議的演講人會探討了日益嚴重的暴力以及仇恨，加強跨越種族團結一致來抵抗日益嚴重的種族暴力，同時計劃在底特律籌辦紀念成陳果仁逝世40週年的活動。
5/27/22 • Phoenix Satellite Television0527 紀念陳果仁逝世40週年 專家探討亞裔民權運動現狀
5/27/22 • Century TribuneHonoring the Legacy of Vincent Chin -- Strengthening Cross-Racial Solidarity Against Rising Tide of Racist Violence
舊金山 - 週五5月27日早上11點-中午12點，加州非洲裔和少數族裔媒體服務社EMS舉辦網上會議，會議的主題是向陳果仁(Vincent Chin)遺留下來的影響致敬 - 加強跨越種族團結一致來抵抗日益嚴重的種族暴力。 40年前陳果仁在他結婚的前一個晚上被人行兇用棒球棍毆打致死。在那個暴行以及審判的不公發生之後(行兇的兩個兇手沒有在監牢裡待過一天) 開啟了近代亞裔民權運動(Asian America civil rigts)的誕生，作家及民權運動人士謝漢蘭 (Helen Zia)表示。今天亞裔美人面對著針對所有有色人種社區以及猶太人和穆斯林人更加嚴重的種族仇恨。本次會議的演講人會探討日益高升的暴力以及仇恨，以及創建一個跨族裔更加緊密的團結一致來面對這個問題，同時計劃在底特律辦紀念成陳果仁逝世40週年的活動（6月14-16日）。
5/27/22 • American Multimedia Television USA陈果仁遭遇种族仇恨杀害四十周年，亚裔人权现状仍堪忧【视频】
全美电视5月27日洛杉矶报道，少数族裔媒体服务机构今天举办网络会议，纪念陈果仁事件四十周年，以此强化族裔团结，反抗日益严重的种族歧视和暴力。与会嘉宾有布伦南·塞纳（Brennan Cener）、从事公正自由与国家安全项目的迈克尔·杰尔曼（Michael German），底特律美国公民正义组织创始人之一、作家及前记者谢汉兰、亚美公义中心执行长杨从远、有色人种协进会法律辩护基金政策主任丽莎·巴雷特（Lisa Cylar Baret）。
5/27/22 • All American Chinese Youth Foundation陈果仁案40周年 仍然需要加强跨越种族团结一致来抵抗日益严重的种族暴力
40年前陈果仁在他结婚的前一个晚上被人行兇棒球棍殴打致死。在那个暴行以及审判的不公发生之后(行兇的两个兇手没有在监牢裡待过一天) 开啟了近代亚裔民权运动(Asian America civil rigts)的诞生，5月27号上午少数族裔媒体服务中心（Ethnic Media Services)邀请媒体与资深媒体人以及亚太裔人权团体的代表举办线上会议（Honoring the Legacy of Vincent Chin — Strengthening Cross-Racial Solidarity Against Rising Tide of Racist Violence）。会议的主题是向陈果仁(Vincent Chin)遗留下来的影响致敬 – 加强跨越种族团结一致来抵抗日益严重的种族暴力。作家及民权运动人士谢汉兰 (Helen Zia)表示。今天亚裔美人面对著针对所有有色人种社区以及犹太人和穆斯林人更加严重的种族仇恨。本次会议的演讲人会探讨日益高升的暴力以及仇恨，以及创建一个跨族裔更加紧密的团结一致来面对这个问题，同时计划在底特律办纪念成陈果仁逝世40週年的活动（6月14-16日）。
5/26/22 • Fox 2 DetroitMadison Heights Chinese-American artist honors life of Vincent Chin, to mark 40 years since his murder
When Anthony Lee applies his paintbrush to his canvass, each stroke develops a deeper connection with an ancestor, Vincent Chin.
5/25/22 • Fox 2 DetroitArtist paints mural honoring Vincent Chin, as Detroit marks 40 years since his murder
In just a few weeks, Detroit will mark 40 years since the tragic beating death of Vincent Chin murdered in 1982. Chin died before artist Anthony Lee was born, but he knows the story of how he was killed by two white autoworkers in Detroit because of the rise of the Japanese auto industry.
5/23/22 • Detroit Public TV'Who Killed Vincent Chin?' AIRS Monday, June 20 at 10pm ET on Detroit Public Television
Airing on Detroit Public Television locally and around the country, POV will present a special encore presentation of the gripping 1987 Academy Award® nominated film, “Who Killed Vincent Chin?”, by filmmakers Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña, on Monday, June 20, 2022 at 10 p.m. ET. “Who Killed Vincent Chin?” was recently restored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and also selected for the National Film Registry. "Who Killed Vincent Chin?" is a co-presentation with Detroit Public Television (DPTV) and CAAM (Center for Asian American Media).
5/23/22 • Detroit Public TVAsian Americans Part 5 AIRS on Detroit Public Television May 31 at 11:30pm ET
Detroit Public Television's Zosette Guir, manager content operations and production, and Bill Kubota, senior producer, introduce part 5 of 'Asian Americans'. This multi-part series tells the story of Asian Americans throughout history, and this episode begins in the 1980’s with the murder of Chinese American Detroiter Vincent Chin. On June 20, Detroit Public Television will air a special presentation of the documentary ‘Who Killed Vincent Chin?’
5/5/22 • Asamnews40th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s murder to be commemorated
40 years ago, Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz bludgeoned Vincent Chin to death a few days before his wedding day. Ebens and Nitz received no jail time for the murder. A coalition of civil rights groups and Detroit city officials have announced plans for a four-day commemoration for Chin’s murder, to be held in Detroit.
5/5/22 • NEXT SHARK City of Detroit, Community Partners Announce Four-Day Event to Commemorate 40th Anniversary of Vincent Chin Murder
June 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s murder, an Asian American who was brutally killed with a baseball bat after his bachelor party in Highland Park by two white men who blamed the Japanese for a downturn in Detroit’s automotive industry. The hate crime spurred a multi-cultural civil rights movement united around equal justice and human dignity, and Detroit was the epicenter.
5/5/22 • American DocumentaryPOV Presents A Special Encore Presentation of the Academy Award-Nominated Documentary ‘Who Killed Vincent Chin?’ on Monday, June 20th, 2022
POV, now in its 35th year as America’s longest-running independent documentary series, presents a Special Encore Presentation of the gripping 1987 Academy Award® nominated film, Who Killed Vincent Chin?, by filmmakers Christine Choy and Renee Tajima-Peña, on Monday, June 20, 2022 at 10pm ET. Who Killed Vincent Chin? was recently restored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and also selected for the National Film Registry.
5/4/22 • the Kresge FoundationIn recalling 1982 murder of Vincent Chin, hopes for a recommitment to justice
Mayor Duggan is correct when he says that there are some cases that haunt you as a person, that haunt us as a community and a nation. The death of Vincent Chin is one of those.
5/3/22 • NEXT SHARK Detroiters to honor Vincent Chin 40 years after his death with 4-day event
Politicians and Asian American community leaders gathered at the intersection of Peterboro and Cass in Detroit’s Chinatown Monday to recognize the life and legacy of Chin, who was killed during a racially motivated attack on June 19, 1982.
5/3/22 • The Detroit HourCelebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with These DIA Events
May marks Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. To celebrate, the Detroit Institute of Arts is partnering with various community groups to present events that highlight Burmese, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Mongolian, Polynesian, Taiwanese, Thai, and Vietnamese cultures…Then from June 16-19, the DIA is joining other institutions across the city to host Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance & Rededication virtual and in-person events. Chin, a Chinese American man who was murdered by Detroit autoworkers in 1982, will be remembered through public art, cultural performances, an interfaith remembrance ceremony, a screening of the documentary Who Killed Vincent Chin?, and more.
5/3/22 • Michigan AdvanceCoalition announces plans to remember ‘horrific’ murder of Vincent Chin in 1982
A coalition of national and local groups announced on Monday plans to carry out a four-day commemoration in Detroit to remember a Chinese American man who was fatally beaten in 1982. The Vincent Chin 40th Remembrance & Rededication will reflect and continue efforts to push back against hate, planners said during a news conference in Detroit. The effort will take place June 16 to 19.
5/2/22 • CBS DETROITDetroit Officials To Honor Vincent Chin, Chinese Man Beaten To Death In 1982
Vincent Chin’s murder case is still making headlines four decades after his death. Back in 1982 the 27-year-old Chinese-American man was beat to death with a baseball bat by two white males.
5/2/22 • WXYZ-TV DetroitVincent Chin 40 years later: Remembrance, rededication event set for June in Detroit
This year will mark the 40th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s murder, which took place in Highland Park on the eve of his bachelor party. The incident played a significant role in driving Detroit’s Asian American civil rights movement over the years. That’s why to keep the momentum going, a coalition of national and local groups announced plans for a four-day commemoration.
5/2/22 • FOX 2 DetroitDetroiters remember Vincent Chin 40 years after brutal attack
Vincent Chin, who was Chinese, was killed during a racially motivated attack outside a Highland Park bar in 1982.
5/2/22 • FOX 2 DetroitDetroiters remember Vincent Chin, Chinese man beaten to death during racially motivated attack in 1982
Detroiters are rallying in remembrance of Vincent Chin, a Chinese man who was beaten to death almost 40 years ago.
5/2/22 • yahooVincent Chin 40 years later: Remembrance, rededication event set for June in Detroit
This year will mark the 40th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s murder, which took place in Highland Park on the eve of his bachelor party.
5/2/22 • CBS DetroitDetroit Officials To Honor Vincent Chin, Chinese Man Beaten To Death In 1982
Vincent Chin’s murder case is still making headlines four decades after his death. Back in 1982 the 27-year-old Chinese-American man was beat to death with a baseball bat by two white males. The miscarriage of justice that followed and allowed his two white killers to be freed without spending a single night in jail because the judge then said these are not the kind of men you send to jail in a city like Detroit,” said Helen Zia, Asian-American activist. “That was the spring-board for the modern Asian-American civil rights movement.”
5/2/22 • WDET 101.9Detroit Evening Report, May 2, 2022
Organizers are planning a re-dedication ceremony to honor Vincent Chin’s legacy (1:20-2:10)
5/2/22 • CW50Detroit Officials To Honor Vincent Chin, Chinese Man Beaten To Death In 1982
Vincent Chin’s murder case is still making headlines four decades after his death.
5/2/22 • Detroit Free PressCoalition plans 4-day commemoration in June to honor Asian American civil rights legacy
A coalition of civil rights groups announced plans Monday for a four-day commemoration in June to honor the civil rights legacy sparked nearly 40 years ago by the beating of a Vincent Chin, a Chinese American man in Highland Park.
5/2/22 •The Detroit NewsDetroit officials plan to honor 1982 murder victim Vincent Chin
City officials Monday announced plans to commemorate the 40th anniversary next month of a death of a man beaten with a baseball bat in Highland Park that became a rallying cry for Metro Detroit's Asian community.
4/29/22 • WDET 101.9Detroit Evening Report: April 29, 2022: Asian American leaders to mark AAPI Heritage Month
Asian American leaders will announce plans to mark the 40th anniversary of Vincent Chin’s death at a news conference on Monday. The leaders include Roland Hwang, James Shimoura and Helen Zia. They are founding members of American Citizens for Justice. The Detroit-based Asian American civil rights group was founded in reaction to the fatal beating of Chinese American Vincent Chin in 1982. Chin died after two white autoworkers who mistook him for being Japanese brutally beat him with a baseball bat. They were sentenced to three years’ probation, fined $3,000 and released. Chin’s name has resurfaced recently amid a spike in hate crimes against Asian Americans since the beginning of the pandemic. Monday’s event will take place at Detroit’s Historic Chinatown.
3/29/22 • City of DetroitCity of Detroit partners with coalition to commemorate 40th Anniversary of Vincent Chin murder
Forty years after the murder of Vincent Chin and the subsequent miscarriage of justice that ignited the modern Asian American Civil Rights Movement, a coalition of national and local groups plans a four-day commemoration in June in Detroit to honor the civil rights legacy that began with the Chin case and declare a commitment to the struggle to end hate crimes.
3/3/22 • CAAMVINCENT CHIN 40TH REMEMBRANCE AND REDEDICATION SET FOR JUNE 16-19 IN DETROIT
Forty years after the murder of Vincent Chin and the subsequent miscarriage of justice ignited the modern Asian American Civil Rights Movement, the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is part of a coalition of national and local groups planning a four-day commemoration in Detroit.
3/3/22 • The Kresge FoundationVincent Chin 40th Remembrance and Rededication set for June in Detroit with Kresge support
Forty years after the murder of Vincent Chin and the subsequent miscarriage of justice ignited the modern Asian American Civil Rights Movement, a coalition of national and local groups plans a four-day commemoration in Detroit.