On the evening of February 24, 1882, Yee Shun got off a train in East Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by an academic encyclopedia citing a peer-reviewed historical article (Wunder, 1990) and an independent local-history source specifically confirming the 'East Las Vegas' detail. Broader narrative also supported by History.com and NBC News, though those omit the precise date. One minor date discrepancy (Feb 4 vs Feb 24) in a derivative secondary source is outweighed by sources closer to the original scholarship. [tier=silver indep_score=0.875 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=partial on Most secondary sources (Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, NBC News, History.com, UNM page) ultimately derive their narrative from John R. Wunder's 1990 scholarly article, though the local Las Vegas NM history blog appears to add independent detail (e.g., exact laundry address) suggesting some indepe (upstreams: John R. Wunder, 'Territory of New Mexico v. Yee Shun (1882): A Turning Point in Chinese Legal Relationships in the Trans-Mississippi West,' New Mexico Historical Review 65 (1990)) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Monument Marks Little-Remembered Case That Set Precedent for Asian Americans to Testify in Court (seed:law_and_crime)
- https://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.asam.021.html (corroboration)
- https://babyblue1724.wordpress.com/the-yee-shun-affair/ (corroboration)
- https://www.history.com/articles/chinese-exclusion-act-yee-shun-legal-rights (corroboration)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/new-monument-highlights-landmark-case-allowed-chinese-testify-u-s-n1117221 (corroboration)