Book Excerpt: Birthright citizenship: A Trump-inspired history lesson on the 14th Amendment

United States v. Wong Kim Ark

Book Excerpt: Birthright citizenship: A Trump-inspired history lesson on the 14th Amendment

10/30/2018

Book Excerpt

Google Books features an excerpt from William Wong’s book, Yellow Journalist: Dispatches from Asian America, which gives an account of the 1898 Wong Kim Ark Supreme Court case that focused on birthright citizenship. The author also provides a brief account of how Ark’s descendants discovered their ancestors' legacy.

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Google Books (Original Publisher: Temple University Press, Author: William Wong)

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