which was ratified in 1868, changed this precedent, opening a path to Wong Kim Ark’s legal victory. Native Americans, many of whom were considered outside the jurisdiction of the U.S. government, In order to understand and combat AAPI hate, we must understand the many unique histories our communities bring to this movement today. We must untangle the policies and decisions through which we have been attacked, colonized, policed, banned, killed, displaced, and persecuted. This non-comprehensive timeline stretches from the Civil War through both World Wars. It includes the Great Depression and the civil rights movement as well as the Cold War and the post-9/11 Patriot Act. Whether we have been actively opposed to it or intrinsically a part of it, AAPI heritage is woven into the fabric of the American story.1862: The Anti-Coolie ActRose Wong 1982: Vincent Chin Is Murdered the Night of His Bachelor PartyRose WongOn June 23, 1982, two white auto workers Throughout the gold rush of the mid-1800s and ahead of the construction of the transcontinental railroad,Chinese laborers immigrated to California