Biography:Ling-Chi Wang
Ling-Chi Wang | |
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| Born | 1938 Amoy, Fujian, Republic of China |
| Occupation | Professor Emeritus |
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| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (B.A.) University of Chicago (M.A.) |
Ling-Chi Wang is a civil rights activist and Professor Emeritus of Asian-American studies and ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] He has been called the "Asian Martin Luther King" for his four decades of activism.[2][3] Wang was born in Xiamen, Fujian in 1938 and emigrated to the United States in 1957 at the age of 19.
He received a master's degree in Near Eastern studies from the University of Chicago. However, as a response to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, Wang switched his interests to Asian American studies.[4]
In response to the Wen Ho Lee spying allegations, Wang and an Asian American academic organization instituted a boycott of the two labs run by the University of California, in Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He also helped organize a class-action lawsuit against the labs in response to racial profiling allegations.
Wang led a movement expose the involvement of Republic of China (Taiwan)'s government role in the murder of Henry Liu in Daly City, California by Bamboo Union agents.
See also
- Henry Liu
References
- ↑ Kwong, Peter (9 November 2008). "L. Ling-chi Wang: The Quintessential Scholar/Activist (review)". Journal of Chinese Overseas 4 (2): 288–291. doi:10.1353/jco.0.0016. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/253468.
- ↑ "NEWSMAKER PROFILE / Ling-chi Wang / Activist fights for Asian Americans at U.S. labs / Berkeley professor leads boycott aimed at alleged inequities". https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/NEWSMAKER-PROFILE-Ling-chi-Wang-Activist-2861358.php.
- ↑ KANG, K. CONNIE (6 July 2001). "Activist for a New Era of Civil Rights". http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jul/06/local/me-19283.
- ↑ "INTERVIEW WITH LING-CHI WANG, APRIL 1997 - The Fixers - FRONTLINE - PBS". https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fixers/reports/wangint.html.
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