Useful Links
This day in history:
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lee-yick-wins-equal-protection-case/
The Strange Case of the Chinese Laundry: provides a summary of the case
Did the unequal enforcement of the city ordinance violate Yick Wo and Wo Lee's rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/historyofus/web08/segment6_p.html
Facts of the case & the conclusion of the case
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/118us356
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/lee-yick-wins-equal-protection-case/
The Strange Case of the Chinese Laundry: provides a summary of the case
Did the unequal enforcement of the city ordinance violate Yick Wo and Wo Lee's rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/historyofus/web08/segment6_p.html
Facts of the case & the conclusion of the case
https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/118us356
Primary Sources
Statement of facts from the case
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep118/usrep118356/usrep118356.pdf
To the president of the United States, and to the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled [Protest against ill-treatment of the Chinese. s. l., 1885].
https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.00201700/
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep118/usrep118356/usrep118356.pdf
To the president of the United States, and to the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled [Protest against ill-treatment of the Chinese. s. l., 1885].
https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.00201700/
Classroom Activities
Handout about Lee Yick
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/activities/lee-yick-equal-justice-under-law-handout-a-narrative