January 17, 1989

injustice

Stockton Schoolyard Shooting

Content note This entry describes racial violence.

A gunman opened fire on the schoolyard at Cleveland Elementary, killing five Cambodian and Vietnamese refugee children and wounding about 30 others before killing himself; he had voiced resentment of Asian immigrants. (Shares Jan 17 with the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom.)

Sources

  1. celebratecalifornia.library.ca.gov celebratecalifornia.library.ca.gov/january-17-1989-the-stockton-schoolyard-massacre
  2. ebsco.com ebsco.com/research-starters/law/stockton-massacre

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