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发帖数: 1283 | 1 The story of 陈宜禧 has been well known. He has been an true fighter for
human right not just as a Chinese and for Chinese but as a human being and
for all the American.
王清福, Wong Chin Foo
Wong organized the Chinese community for political and civil rights, he
organized the first association of Chinese American voters and also
established the Chinese Equal Right League which united the Chinese
Americans to fight against the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1892. In 1896, he
attempted to create a new political party which could represent Chinese
Americans, then corresponded with Sun Yat-sen to propose a Chinese
revolutionary junta.[11]
张康仁, Hong Yen Chang
Hong Yen Chang did not remain in China for long, though. He returned to the
United States on his own accord and began studies at Columbia Law School in
1883.[1][8] He graduated with honors from Columbia Law School in 1886.[1] He
received "high markings from the examiners" and had unanimous
recommendation for bar admission.[9]
At the time of Hong Yen Chang’s graduation, the New York State Bar required
applicants to be United States citizens.[8] But the Chinese Exclusion Act
barred Hong Yen Chang from citizenship.[8] The New York Supreme Court,
General Term, initially opposed Hong Yen Chang’s admission to the New York
State Bar.[9] (Prior to their decision, Hong Yen Chang was already
naturalized by Judge Van Hossen on November 11, 1887, in New York.[9][10])
However, the New York State Legislature passed an act that allowed Hong Yen
Chang to apply again to the bar.[11] The act, “An Act for the relief of
Hong Yen Chang,” reads:
Section 1. The General Term of the first department of the supreme court of
this State is hereby authorized to waive the alienage of Hong Yen Chang, a
native of China, but now a resident of the city, county and State of New
York, and to regularly admit and license him to the practice as an attorney
and counselor at law in all the courts of this State, on his passing in a
satisfactory manner the usual examination for the admission of attorneys and
counselors.
The New York Supreme Court, General Term admitted Hong Yen Chang to the New
York State Bar on May 17, 1888.[2] The New York Times hailed him as the
first admitted Chinese lawyer in the United States.[2] | J*******p
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