Doing a quote post here now that I've had a listen - a great discussion! Lots of details on the book's structure. Really great discussion of #habeascorpus cases (SO TIMELY) and also the aftermath of the #wongkimark case #14thamendment
American by Birth
Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Citizenship
Carol Nackenoff and Julie Novkov
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Susan Liebell #wongkimark #birthrightcitizenship #citizenship #activism #immigrationhistory #skystorians #booksky
Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Citizenship
Carol Nackenoff and Julie Novkov
newbooksnetwork.com/american-by-...
Susan Liebell #wongkimark #birthrightcitizenship #citizenship #activism #immigrationhistory #skystorians #booksky
Carol Nackenoff and Julie Novkov, "American by Birth: Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Citizenship" (UP of Kansas, 2021) - New Books Network
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August 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Doing a quote post here now that I've had a listen - a great discussion! Lots of details on the book's structure. Really great discussion of #habeascorpus cases (SO TIMELY) and also the aftermath of the #wongkimark case #14thamendment
American by Birth
Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Citizenship
Carol Nackenoff and Julie Novkov
newbooksnetwork.com/american-by-...
Susan Liebell #wongkimark #birthrightcitizenship #citizenship #activism #immigrationhistory #skystorians #booksky
Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Citizenship
Carol Nackenoff and Julie Novkov
newbooksnetwork.com/american-by-...
Susan Liebell #wongkimark #birthrightcitizenship #citizenship #activism #immigrationhistory #skystorians #booksky
Carol Nackenoff and Julie Novkov, "American by Birth: Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Citizenship" (UP of Kansas, 2021) - New Books Network
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July 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
American by Birth
Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Citizenship
Carol Nackenoff and Julie Novkov
newbooksnetwork.com/american-by-...
Susan Liebell #wongkimark #birthrightcitizenship #citizenship #activism #immigrationhistory #skystorians #booksky
Wong Kim Ark and the Battle for Citizenship
Carol Nackenoff and Julie Novkov
newbooksnetwork.com/american-by-...
Susan Liebell #wongkimark #birthrightcitizenship #citizenship #activism #immigrationhistory #skystorians #booksky
the 14th Amendment to the U.S. #Constitution, all children born on U.S. soil are automatically granted U.S. citizenship
#SupremeCourt affirmed this right in a case brought by #WongKimArk, a SF-born, #Chinese #AAPIHeritageMonth
#American who had been denied his re-entry rights after a trip abroad.
#SupremeCourt affirmed this right in a case brought by #WongKimArk, a SF-born, #Chinese #AAPIHeritageMonth
#American who had been denied his re-entry rights after a trip abroad.
Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration Over Unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Order
Seeks court order to ensure U.S. citizenship rights of American-born children continue to be recognized while litigation proceeds SAN FRANCISCO – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a la...
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June 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
the 14th Amendment to the U.S. #Constitution, all children born on U.S. soil are automatically granted U.S. citizenship
#SupremeCourt affirmed this right in a case brought by #WongKimArk, a SF-born, #Chinese #AAPIHeritageMonth
#American who had been denied his re-entry rights after a trip abroad.
#SupremeCourt affirmed this right in a case brought by #WongKimArk, a SF-born, #Chinese #AAPIHeritageMonth
#American who had been denied his re-entry rights after a trip abroad.
Thank you to @votealexlee.bsky.social for inviting Norman Wong, descendant of #WongKimArk, to the Assembly Floor. Wong Kim Ark's courage affirmed #birthrightcitizenship for all children regardless of parents' immigration status. Today, Norman & his wife, Maureen, are fighting to protect this right!
May 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thank you to @votealexlee.bsky.social for inviting Norman Wong, descendant of #WongKimArk, to the Assembly Floor. Wong Kim Ark's courage affirmed #birthrightcitizenship for all children regardless of parents' immigration status. Today, Norman & his wife, Maureen, are fighting to protect this right!
Norman Wong has become a persuasive & righteous spokesperson for #BirthrightCitizenship. In a smaller way I too fairly recently discovered a family connection to the issue—because it was my great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton who argued #WongKimArk at SCOTUS in 1898 oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
Family Lawyer
Lincolniana: A Glimpse of Lincoln in 1864 by J. Hubley Ashton [click image above to read full account] My great-grandfather, Joseph Hubley Ashton, was a 19th-century lawyer and a powerful voice for…
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May 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Norman Wong has become a persuasive & righteous spokesperson for #BirthrightCitizenship. In a smaller way I too fairly recently discovered a family connection to the issue—because it was my great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton who argued #WongKimArk at SCOTUS in 1898 oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
Norman Wong has become a persuasive & righteous spokesperson for #BirthrightCitizenship. In a smaller way I too fairly recently discovered a family connection to the issue—because it was my great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton who argued #WongKimArk at SCOTUS in 1898 oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
Family Lawyer
Lincolniana: A Glimpse of Lincoln in 1864 by J. Hubley Ashton [click image above to read full account] My great-grandfather, Joseph Hubley Ashton, was a 19th-century lawyer and a powerful voice for…
oldestvocation.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Norman Wong has become a persuasive & righteous spokesperson for #BirthrightCitizenship. In a smaller way I too fairly recently discovered a family connection to the issue—because it was my great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton who argued #WongKimArk at SCOTUS in 1898 oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
And in 1898 my great-grandfather argued #WongKimArk @ SCOTUS, w/ #BirthrightCitizenship as a requirement of the 14th Amendment. He prevailed despite the xenophobia of the era. Now, in the face of Trump's threats & deportations, we must insist on that same argument: oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
Family Lawyer
Lincolniana: A Glimpse of Lincoln in 1864 by J. Hubley Ashton [click image above to read full account] My great-grandfather, Joseph Hubley Ashton, was a 19th-century lawyer and a powerful voice for…
oldestvocation.com
May 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
And in 1898 my great-grandfather argued #WongKimArk @ SCOTUS, w/ #BirthrightCitizenship as a requirement of the 14th Amendment. He prevailed despite the xenophobia of the era. Now, in the face of Trump's threats & deportations, we must insist on that same argument: oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
On KTSF tonight defending #birthrightcitizenship bc this Constitutional right means so much to Chinese Americans, incl me. @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social is sponsoring AJR 5, which affirms CA’s commitment to birthright citizenship & honors #WongKimArk. The Assembly votes on AJR 5 on Monday- tune in!
May 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
On KTSF tonight defending #birthrightcitizenship bc this Constitutional right means so much to Chinese Americans, incl me. @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social is sponsoring AJR 5, which affirms CA’s commitment to birthright citizenship & honors #WongKimArk. The Assembly votes on AJR 5 on Monday- tune in!
Please read @davidnakamura.bsky.social's thoughtful piece about Norman Wong! His great-grandfather #WongKimArk was represented at SCOTUS by my great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton, defending #BirthrightCitizenship oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
May 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Please read @davidnakamura.bsky.social's thoughtful piece about Norman Wong! His great-grandfather #WongKimArk was represented at SCOTUS by my great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton, defending #BirthrightCitizenship oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
Thank you for such a thoughtful piece about Norman Wong! His great-grandfather #WongKimArk was represented at SCOTUS by my great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton, defending #BirthrightCitizenship oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
Family Lawyer
Lincolniana: A Glimpse of Lincoln in 1864 by J. Hubley Ashton [click image above to read full account] My great-grandfather, Joseph Hubley Ashton, was a 19th-century lawyer and a powerful voice for…
oldestvocation.com
May 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thank you for such a thoughtful piece about Norman Wong! His great-grandfather #WongKimArk was represented at SCOTUS by my great-grandfather J. Hubley Ashton, defending #BirthrightCitizenship oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. #NormanWong is trying to save it.
#WongKimArk got his #landmark #SupremeCourt victory #enshrining #birthright #citizenship 127 years before Norman arrived at the UC #Berkeley in late April on a quest to #protect his #greatgrandfather’s #legacy.
#WongKimArk got his #landmark #SupremeCourt victory #enshrining #birthright #citizenship 127 years before Norman arrived at the UC #Berkeley in late April on a quest to #protect his #greatgrandfather’s #legacy.
May 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. #NormanWong is trying to save it.
#WongKimArk got his #landmark #SupremeCourt victory #enshrining #birthright #citizenship 127 years before Norman arrived at the UC #Berkeley in late April on a quest to #protect his #greatgrandfather’s #legacy.
#WongKimArk got his #landmark #SupremeCourt victory #enshrining #birthright #citizenship 127 years before Norman arrived at the UC #Berkeley in late April on a quest to #protect his #greatgrandfather’s #legacy.
⚖️💥
Defender of Truth
Comments to America
"Norman Wong’s Quiet Defiance”
🔥 Citizenship = Flame Not a Deal 🔥
🌟 Standing in the Spotlight, Not Chasing It ✊
🛑 Defending 14th Amendment ⚖️
🖋️ Essay here 🖋️
👉🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
#NormanWong #QuietDefiance #PermanentCitizenship #WongKimArk
Defender of Truth
Comments to America
"Norman Wong’s Quiet Defiance”
🔥 Citizenship = Flame Not a Deal 🔥
🌟 Standing in the Spotlight, Not Chasing It ✊
🛑 Defending 14th Amendment ⚖️
🖋️ Essay here 🖋️
👉🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
#NormanWong #QuietDefiance #PermanentCitizenship #WongKimArk
May 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
⚖️💥
Defender of Truth
Comments to America
"Norman Wong’s Quiet Defiance”
🔥 Citizenship = Flame Not a Deal 🔥
🌟 Standing in the Spotlight, Not Chasing It ✊
🛑 Defending 14th Amendment ⚖️
🖋️ Essay here 🖋️
👉🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
#NormanWong #QuietDefiance #PermanentCitizenship #WongKimArk
Defender of Truth
Comments to America
"Norman Wong’s Quiet Defiance”
🔥 Citizenship = Flame Not a Deal 🔥
🌟 Standing in the Spotlight, Not Chasing It ✊
🛑 Defending 14th Amendment ⚖️
🖋️ Essay here 🖋️
👉🏼 www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
#NormanWong #QuietDefiance #PermanentCitizenship #WongKimArk
127 years after Wong Kim Ark’s landmark Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong arrived at the UC Berkeley in late April on a quest to protect his great-grandfather’s legacy.
#BirthrightCitizenship #WongKimArk #citizenship #SCOTUS
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
#BirthrightCitizenship #WongKimArk #citizenship #SCOTUS
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it.
One hundred and twenty-seven years after Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is fighting to protect that legacy.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:44 AM
127 years after Wong Kim Ark’s landmark Supreme Court victory enshrined birthright citizenship, Norman Wong arrived at the UC Berkeley in late April on a quest to protect his great-grandfather’s legacy.
#BirthrightCitizenship #WongKimArk #citizenship #SCOTUS
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
#BirthrightCitizenship #WongKimArk #citizenship #SCOTUS
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
WONG KIM ARK (1873-1950) #aapi #aapiheritagemonth #asianamericans #chineseamericans ##howardbison #Illini #blacksky #14thamendment ##fourteenthamendment #uscivilwar #wongkimark #illegals
May 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My mom, historian Clarissa Atkinson @oldestvocation.bsky.social, is the great-granddaughter of J. Hubley Ashton, who defended #WongKimArk @ SCOTUS in 1898. She has recently been in touch w/Norman Wong, who is himself the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark & active in defending #BirthrightCitizenship!
The Oldest Vocation
Coming of Age in the 1950s: Observations on Social History by Clarissa W. Atkinson
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April 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My mom, historian Clarissa Atkinson @oldestvocation.bsky.social, is the great-granddaughter of J. Hubley Ashton, who defended #WongKimArk @ SCOTUS in 1898. She has recently been in touch w/Norman Wong, who is himself the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark & active in defending #BirthrightCitizenship!
🧵2/ This isn't the first time the lawyers have argued Elk v. Wilkins, holding a Ho-Chunk man wasn't a birthright citizen, means allegiance or consent or something else. They tried it in 1898 in #WongKimArk. #SCOTUS rejected the analogy:
April 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🧵2/ This isn't the first time the lawyers have argued Elk v. Wilkins, holding a Ho-Chunk man wasn't a birthright citizen, means allegiance or consent or something else. They tried it in 1898 in #WongKimArk. #SCOTUS rejected the analogy:
I wrote here about my great-grandfather, J. Hubley Ashton, who argued for #WongKimArk #BirthrightCitizenship before #SCOTUS in 1898 oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
Family Lawyer
Lincolniana: A Glimpse of Lincoln in 1864 by J. Hubley Ashton [click image above to read full account] My great-grandfather, Joseph Hubley Ashton, was a 19th-century lawyer and a powerful voice for…
oldestvocation.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I wrote here about my great-grandfather, J. Hubley Ashton, who argued for #WongKimArk #BirthrightCitizenship before #SCOTUS in 1898 oldestvocation.com/2024/01/08/f...
Appreciate the chance to talk to @axios.com San Francisco about #WongKimArk & why #birthrightcitizenship matters to everyone. @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social is sponsoring #AJR5, a statewide resolution to affirm birthright citizenship in the 14th Amdt & honor Wong Kim Ark! www.axios.com/local/san-fr...
The San Francisco man whose case established birthright citizenship
Wong took his fight to the Supreme Court amid efforts to deny citizenship to Chinese people.
www.axios.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Appreciate the chance to talk to @axios.com San Francisco about #WongKimArk & why #birthrightcitizenship matters to everyone. @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social is sponsoring #AJR5, a statewide resolution to affirm birthright citizenship in the 14th Amdt & honor Wong Kim Ark! www.axios.com/local/san-fr...
Part of an in-progress series I'm working on. This 40" x 30" is titled Wong Kim Ark v. United States (1898), a court case which established birthright citizenship. For me it's important to reflect on current events in my #paintings!
@art-mutuals.bsky.social
#art #wongkimark #asianamerican
@art-mutuals.bsky.social
#art #wongkimark #asianamerican
April 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Part of an in-progress series I'm working on. This 40" x 30" is titled Wong Kim Ark v. United States (1898), a court case which established birthright citizenship. For me it's important to reflect on current events in my #paintings!
@art-mutuals.bsky.social
#art #wongkimark #asianamerican
@art-mutuals.bsky.social
#art #wongkimark #asianamerican
Thank you to @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social (especially @nicholasjgee.bsky.social & @shyal.bsky.social) for pulling together #BornInTheUSA and lifting up the story of #WongKimArk! We need to draw on our Asian American ancestors and their courage, now more than ever. www.kqed.org/news/1203378...
'Let’s Fight Back': 127 Years After Momentous Supreme Court Ruling, San Francisco Honors Wong Kim Ark | KQED
One hundred and twenty-seven years ago, the Supreme Court case of San Francisco resident Wong Kim Ark set the precedent for birthright citizenship — and last week, the city honored his legacy.
www.kqed.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Thank you to @caasanfrancisco.bsky.social (especially @nicholasjgee.bsky.social & @shyal.bsky.social) for pulling together #BornInTheUSA and lifting up the story of #WongKimArk! We need to draw on our Asian American ancestors and their courage, now more than ever. www.kqed.org/news/1203378...
Really appreciate our local and state leaders who are standing up for immigrants right now, including Mayor Daniel Lurie, City Atty David Chiu, Sup Connie Chan, Asm @votealexlee.bsky.social, Asm @matthaneysf.bsky.social, @asmmikefong.bsky.social. #BornInTheUSA #BirthrightCitizenship #WongKimArk
On Friday, March 28, we gathered in the middle of Chinatown at Wong Kim Ark's birthplace to 1) celebrate his legacy of birthright citizenship and 2) a new resolution that's being introduced into the state legislature to affirm this 14th amendment right!
April 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Really appreciate our local and state leaders who are standing up for immigrants right now, including Mayor Daniel Lurie, City Atty David Chiu, Sup Connie Chan, Asm @votealexlee.bsky.social, Asm @matthaneysf.bsky.social, @asmmikefong.bsky.social. #BornInTheUSA #BirthrightCitizenship #WongKimArk
On this day in 1898, #WongKimArk won a historic Supreme Court ruling that affirmed: if you are born here, you are a citizen.
127 years on, we honor Ark’s victory & stand against Trump’s illegal EO that seeks to strip citizens of this constitutional right.
bit.ly/alc-wka-127
127 years on, we honor Ark’s victory & stand against Trump’s illegal EO that seeks to strip citizens of this constitutional right.
bit.ly/alc-wka-127
March 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
On this day in 1898, #WongKimArk won a historic Supreme Court ruling that affirmed: if you are born here, you are a citizen.
127 years on, we honor Ark’s victory & stand against Trump’s illegal EO that seeks to strip citizens of this constitutional right.
bit.ly/alc-wka-127
127 years on, we honor Ark’s victory & stand against Trump’s illegal EO that seeks to strip citizens of this constitutional right.
bit.ly/alc-wka-127
Tomorrow is the 127th anniversary of the #WongKimArk case. #BirthrightCitizenship is the law of the land, and no EO can undermine a Constitutional right.
Tomorrow, we celebrate the 127th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, United States v Wong Kim Ark. Much has been discussed about Wong Kim Ark’s legal case, but we know so little about his life.
Even after winning his case, he was forced to re-prove his citizenship again and again. ⬇️
Even after winning his case, he was forced to re-prove his citizenship again and again. ⬇️
March 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Tomorrow is the 127th anniversary of the #WongKimArk case. #BirthrightCitizenship is the law of the land, and no EO can undermine a Constitutional right.
Thank you @votealexlee.bsky.social, @matthaneysf.bsky.social, and the API Caucus for introducing #AJR5 which affirms the state's commitment to #birthrightcitizenship in the 14th Amdt and honors #WongKimArk. Regardless of color, class, or creed, we are #BornInTheUSA, so we're American.
This month, we gathered with the California AAPI Legislative Caucus, #CALeg allies, and close partners to affirm our commitment to fight for immigrant rights and racial justice.
📸 Photos by Vicky Yoon ⬇️
📸 Photos by Vicky Yoon ⬇️
March 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Thank you @votealexlee.bsky.social, @matthaneysf.bsky.social, and the API Caucus for introducing #AJR5 which affirms the state's commitment to #birthrightcitizenship in the 14th Amdt and honors #WongKimArk. Regardless of color, class, or creed, we are #BornInTheUSA, so we're American.