Chol Soo Lee, a Korean immigrant wrongfully convicted of a 1973 San Francisco murder, was freed after a pan-Asian movement-sparked by K.W. Lee's reporting-organized across ethnic lines to overturn his conviction. (Shares Mar 28 with United States v. Wong Kim Ark.)
A federal revision of race and ethnicity standards reclassified Afghans and Central Asians (Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek) from 'White' to 'Asian,' formally recognizing them within the Asian American category for the first time. (Shares Mar 28 with Wong Kim Ark and Chol Soo Lee's release.)