Washington Post Podcast on United States v. Wong Kim Ark (1898)
In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark case that Wong Kim Ark, a child of Chinese parents who was himself born in San Francisco, was indeed an American citizen.
The second episode of The Washington Post’s “Constitutional” podcast explores this case and the role it came to play in profoundly shaping immigration to — and diversity in — America.
Episode guests include Erika Lee, a history professor at the University of Minnesota and director of the Immigration History Research Center, as well as the author of “The Making of Asian America: A History”; and Lucy Salyer, a history professor at the University of New Hampshire and author of “Laws Harsh as Tigers: Chinese Immigrants and the Shaping of Modern Immigration Law.”
KJ
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