Remembering the pastBut advocates in San Francisco are working to ensure Wong’s memory is never forgotten again.In San Francisco’s Chinatown — the oldest of its kind in the US — organisers recently unveiled a mural depicting Wong beneath the slogan, “I am an American.” It is painted on the site where he was born, at 751 Sacramento Street.A few blocks away, a bust of Wong is set to be installed at the Nam Kue Chinese School, which teaches children about Chinese culture.Vincent Pan, the co-executive director of the San Francisco nonprofit Chinese for Affirmative Action, is among those who opposed Trump’s birthright citizenship order.Born to immigrant parents, he considers himself among those who benefitted from Wong’s Supreme Court case.“It’s easy to distance ourselves when we think it’s just pages in a history book,” said Pan.Community projects like the mural and the statue, he added, can help keep Wong’s legacy alive.“It’s an important check on ourselves when we start to believe that these names are abstractions,” Pan said. “The individuals who compose our history are and were real-life human beings.”Sandra and her brother Norman Wong, another one of Wong’s great-grandchildren, have also stepped forward as spokespeople.Sandra describes herself as a private person, inclined to shy away from cameras. But last week, at the mural’s unveiling, she stood …
