NPR American Chronicles: The New Americans
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1681681366 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Once fearful of border patrols, poverty, and homelessness, his life is finally moving out of the shadows.. Hong Yen Chang was sent to US from China in 1872 to be groomed as a diplomat, a bridge between East and West. NPR explores the most recent generation of Americans, whose members include immigrants, children of immigrants, and individuals with vastly different cultural backgrounds. His training took him through Andover, Yale, and Columbia Law School. But California laws at the time prevented noncitizens from becoming lawyers, and Chang's bid to join the bar was denied. One hundred and twenty-five years later, the Supreme Court in California corrects this injustice, for the record. High school student Junior Adriano is one of many immigra