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  • Newspaper article titled "Chol Soo Lee severely burned in House Fire."

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    Chol Soo Lee burned in a fire

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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 5
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    Chol Soo Lee speaks at UC Davis

    In this video clip, Chol Soo Lee speaks passionately about his post-release struggle and urges the community to help support other formerly incarcerated Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 5
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  • Front page of the San Quentin News, June 2018, Edition 105. The masthead is at the top, with the tagline "WRITTEN BY PRISONERS – ADVANCING SOCIAL JUSTICE." The main headline reads "Transforming former inmates" and features a large photo of three people performing on stage with expressive gestures. Other articles include "Judy Appel talks justice," with a photo of Judy Appel speaking to a staff member, "The impact on children of incarcerated parents," with a photo of an audience watching a documentary in a chapel, and "Grammy award winning Zuill Bailey performs in SQ," showing a cellist performing in a chapel. Additional smaller photos show groups participating in events and ceremonies inside San Quentin. The layout includes article text, bylines, and photo captions throughout the page.

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    San Quentin News

    The San Quentin News, an incarcerated-produced newspaper based at San Quentin State Prison, prints 35,000 newspapers each month. It is supported by foundations and donations, and distributed to more than 30 state prisons and four juvenile facilities.

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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 5
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  • Chol Soo Lee with short, dark hair wearing a black jacket stands in front of a light-colored background featuring large, partially visible blue text. The image is closely cropped, focusing on this head and upper shoulders.

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    Chol Soo Lee, 2007

    Chol Soo Lee, at a 2007 symposium at the UCLA School of Law. He told the audience, “I’m not a hero. I’m just a human being.”

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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 5
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  • Rice Bowl Party members celebrate on the while a large flag is being carried through the streets.

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    Rice Bowl Party

    “Rice bowl party” supporting China’s resistance to Japanese aggression, San Francisco, circa 1940.

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights, Module 5
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  • A protest against sending scrap iron to Japan is led by Lai Yee Guey How and Tom Quock both wearing sashes with words. A large crowd walks behind.

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    Nellie Tom Quock and Lai Yee Guey How at the Picket Line

    Nellie Tom Quock, Lai Yee Guey How, and his son, Art, lead the picket line against sending scrap iron to Japan.

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights, Module 5
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  • Women and children sit at long tables making lucky coins. On the left wall reads "Chinese Women War Zone Refugee Relief Committee"

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    Lucky Coins

    Women and children making lucky coins for the war effort in China.

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights, Module 5
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  • The front page of Người Việt Daily News with a large headline that reads "BỐC 100.000 TỊ NẠN Ở ĐNA". Below are several smaller articles and images.

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    First Issue of Người Việt Daily News (Page 2)

    The first issue of Người Việt Daily News (c. 1978). The Vietnamese-language newspaper started out of Yến Ngọc Đỗ’s home in Garden Grove, California, near the center of Orange County’s Little Saigon.

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    Vietnamese American Experiences, Module 4
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    Barracks at the Manzanar concentration camp

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 3
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    Monterey petition

    Petition signed by Monterey, California residents to welcome back Japanese Americans who were forcibly relocated to incarceration camps during World War II. Published in the Monterey Peninsula Herald on May 11, 1945, it was one of the few organized efforts supporting Japanese Americans after the war.

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    Incarceration of Japanese Americans During World War II, Module 5
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    Module 4: Media and Asian American and Pacific Islander Activism

    Lori Lopez

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    Asian American and Pacific Islanders and the Media
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    Module 5: Asian American and Pacific Islander Intersections, Media, and its Futures

    Lori Lopez

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    Asian American and Pacific Islanders and the Media
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  • Protestors behind barricade carry signs protesting Miss Saigon as they line sidewalk. Opposite them a woman reads the signs.

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    Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Representations and Voices

    Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran

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  • Five South Asian women march in a row on a street between tall buildings. They each hold multi-colored signs that spell out the word "Sakhi."

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    Module 1: Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Stereotypes and Counternarratives

    Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran

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    Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Representations and Voices
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  • Chinese American actress Anna May Wong poses in an embroidered bra and matching skirt with her arms raised above her head.

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    Module 2: Misrepresentations of Women in War and Empire

    Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran

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    Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Representations and Voices
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  • Kanaka ʻŌiwi activist Terrilee Kekoʻolani-Raymond speaks into a microphone during outdoor rally. Next to her is a white flag embroidered with "SOS."

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    Module 3: Women Reclaiming their Lands and Stories

    Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran

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    Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Representations and Voices
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  • An Asian woman and a Black woman of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union stand with signs around their necks explaining reasons to strike.

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    Module 4: Women’s Solidarity for Labor Rights

    Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran

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    Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Representations and Voices
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  • Hina Wong-Kalu, wearing a dress covered by a patterned wrap over her shoulder and a braided lei, poses in outdoor portrait.

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    Module 5: Art and Social Change

    Christine Chai, Candice Custodio-Tan, and Cecilia Tran

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    Asian American and Pacific Islander Women Representations and Voices
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  • Colorful oil painting of CHamoru woman. She is seated on a couch wearing a patterned textile wrapped around her waist and floral crown.

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    Module 3: CHamoru Diasporic Arts

    Jesi Lujan Bennett

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    Indigenous CHamorus in the United States
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