Vincent Chin Case State Bar of Michigan Legal Milestone installation is today, Wednesday, December 22, at Noon at the Post Bar (formerly Golden Star Restaurant where Vincent Chin once worked) in Ferndale, Michigan. The first meeting about the case was held at that location in March 1983.
Today's program is hosted by the City of Ferndale. Everyone is invited to attend. Ferndale Mayor Covey indicates that the place can hold 140 people. The Post Bar is located at 22828 Woodward, east side of Woodward, just north of 9 Mile Road in Ferndale.
The event is covered on page 1 of the Detroit Free Press today.
link to the Free Press article: http://www.freep.com/article/20101222/NEWS05/12220383/1001/NLETTER09/82-beating-death-spurred-changes-in-Michigan-law?source=nletter-news
link to Ferndale Mayor Craig Covey's press release:
http://coveys-corner.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-we-are-proud-to-host-vincent-chin.html
wording on the plaques here:
http://www.multiculturaltoolbox.com/American_Citizens_for_Justice/MilestonePlaque.html
link to Frances Kai-Hwa Wang's speech coming soon:
link to content of Roland Hwang's speech:
http://www.michbar.org/journal/pdf/pdf4article1505.pdf
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