Remembering Vincent Chin, who was murdered because of his race | StoryCorps

Vincent Chin was a 27-year-old draftsman living near Detroit. On a June night in 1982, he and a group of friends went out to celebrate his wedding, which was just few days away. At a bar he crossed paths with Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz, two auto workers angry about recent layoffs which were widely blamed on Japanese imports. That encounter lead to Vincent’s death. Gary Koivu was with Vincent that night, and he recently came to StoryCorps with his wife, Kim, to remember his childhood friend. Music: ”I WANT TO SEE YOU FLY” BY CHRISTOPHER BOWEN FROM THE ALBUM $9.99 (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) Audio card by Amanda Meltzer