Historical Newspaper: Rights of American Born Mongols
Subject
United States v. Wong Kim Ark
Title
Historical Newspaper: Rights of American Born Mongols
Date
08/04/1898
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: See 1st column, 1st paragraph.
Chronicling America features a August 4,1898 article, writer unknown, from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper that provides an account of the outcome of the Supreme Court case- the United States v. Wong Kim Ark, in which a California-born Chinese American, Wong Kim Ark, was denied entry into the U.S. after a trip abroad. The writer makes reference to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments as an attempt to protect citizenship rights for African Americans and claims that the Ark case and asserts that this case extends those rights and protections to citizens who are not of African descent. The writer also provides a brief analysis of birthright citizenship policies in other countries.
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Chronicling America features a August 4,1898 article, writer unknown, from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper that provides an account of the outcome of the Supreme Court case- the United States v. Wong Kim Ark, in which a California-born Chinese American, Wong Kim Ark, was denied entry into the U.S. after a trip abroad. The writer makes reference to the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments as an attempt to protect citizenship rights for African Americans and claims that the Ark case and asserts that this case extends those rights and protections to citizens who are not of African descent. The writer also provides a brief analysis of birthright citizenship policies in other countries.
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Publisher
Library of Congress - Chronicling America (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, WA)
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“Historical Newspaper: Rights of American Born Mongols,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 9, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/535.