{"product_id":"9781324002871","title":"From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2021 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Young People's Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the 2022 YALSA Award for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn NPR Best Book of 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/em\u003eBest Children's Book of 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e Young Adult Best Book of 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/em\u003eBest Children's Book of 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Best Young Adult Book of 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal \u003c\/em\u003eBest Book of 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of 2021\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e\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, \u003cem\u003eFrom a Whisper to a Rallying Cry\u003c\/em\u003e 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  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Norton Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041353318640,"sku":"9781324002871","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781324002871_p0.jpg?v=1763707629","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781324002871","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}