Lily Chin, mother of slain Vincent Chin, died seven years ago today.
Mrs. Chin fought valiantly for justice after her son was bludgeoned to death in Detroit in June 1982 by two automotive workers and were only sentenced to three years probation and fined $3,000 each. Ronald Ebens and his step-son mistook Chin for Japanese and blamed him for the decline of the American automotive industry. Because Ebens uttered a racial slur, he was tried on federal civil rights charges for violenting Chin's rights under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. A second trial acquitted Ebens.
In the end, Mrs. Chin never found justice for her son. She returned to China, and then returned to Michigan. Her work, courage, and strength ignited the Asian Amerian Civil Rights Movement.
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