Killing of Vincent Chin

Vincent Chin (Chinese: 陳果仁; May 18, 1955 – June 23, 1982) was an American draftsman of Chinese descent who was killed in a racially motivated assault by two white men, Chrysler plant supervisor Ronald Ebens and his stepson, laid-off autoworker Michael Nitz.

Lily Chin, mother of Vincent, protested Ebens' and Nitz's sentencings for being too light.

Vincent Chin

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Ronald Ebens

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  Ebens enters the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, where he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for violating the civil rights of Vincent Chin, June 28, 1984
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  Ebens laughing with his attorney Frank Eaman after Ebens was found not guilty of violating Vincent Chin's civil rights, May 1, 1987

Michael Nitz

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Lily Chin

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  Lily Chin in Who Killed Vincent Chin?, a 1987 American documentary about the killing of Vincent
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  Lily Chin holding a photo of Vincent
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  Lily Chin breaking down as a relative comforts her at Detroit's City-County Building, April 29, 1983
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  Lily Chin being escorted from Detroit's City-County Building by a relative, April 29, 1983
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  Lily Chin being comforted by relatives after a Detroit court hearing in the courtroom of Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Charles Kaufman, April 30, 1983
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  Grace Li comforting her aunt Lily Chin at a protest rally in support of Vincent in Detroit, May 9, 1983
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  Grace Li comforting her aunt Lily Chin at a protest rally in support of Vincent in Detroit, May 9, 1983
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  Lily Chin speaking with reporters in Detroit after a federal grand jury indicted Vincent's killers, November 2, 1983
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  Lily Chin being comforted by Mabel Lim and James Shimoura at a Detroit news conference, September 19, 1986

Activism

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  People marching by Detroit's Renaissance Center in protest of the sentence of Vincent Chin's killers being too light, May 9, 1983
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  Lily Chin speaking at a news conference at Cameron House in Chinatown, San Francisco, 1983
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  Jesse Jackson speaking while Helen Zia comforts Lily Chin at a news conference at Cameron House in Chinatown, San Francisco, 1983