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I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story

By Martha Brockenbrough, Grace Lin
Illustrators Illustrated by Julia Kuo Edition

Hardcover edition

Publisher Hachette Book Group Imprint Little, Brown BFYR ISBN

9780316426923

I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story

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Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism

He challenged the Supreme Court on his right to be called citizen—and won.



When American-born Wong Kim Ark returns home to San Francisco after a visit to China, he’s stopped and told he cannot enter: he isn’t American. What happens next would forever change the national conversation on who is and isn’t American. After being imprisoned on a ship for months, Wong Kim Ark takes his case to the Supreme Court and argues any person born in America is an American citizen.



I am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story is an important picture book that introduces young readers to the young man who challenged the Supreme Court for his right to be an American citizen and won, confirming birthright citizenship for all Americans.

“More About the Story.” Time line. Black-and-white historical photographs. Full-color illustrations created digitally in Adobe Photoshop. 
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