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    Memorial Altar for Chol Soo Lee

    The altar at Chol Soo Lee’s funeral in San Bruno, California, on December 9, 2014.

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    Thinking of Home

    Chol Soo Lee typed this draft of his poem, “Thinking of Home,” dated 1979, and mailed it to K. W. Lee, who would grow into a life-changing figure in Chol Soo’s life. The poem recalls memories of his motherland, Korea.

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    Young Chol Soo Lee

    Chol Soo Lee in an undated childhood picture taken in Korea.

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    Chol Soo Lee with his mom and sister

    Chol Soo Lee with his mother and half-sister, in an undated photo.

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    Young Chol Soo Lee with his neighbor

    Chol Soo Lee in an undated childhood photo.

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    Maximum security cottage – Youth Guidance Center

    Chol Soo Lee spent some of his teen years at juvenile hall in San Francisco, including at a maximum security cottage like this one.

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    Spine of police mugshot book

    A photograph of the San Francisco Police Department’s mug book, titled “Homicide Chinese Series,” shows a Fu Manchu-caricaturish drawing on its cover. Chol Soo Lee’s mugshot as a juvenile was in its pages.

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    Collection of mugshots

    This San Francisco Police Department mug book included Chol Soo Lee’s 1969 photo, taken when he was 16 years old. This was the photo picked out by witnesses of the 1973 Chinatown murder.

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    Chol Soo Lee, front and side profile

    Chol Soo Lee’s teenage mugshot from 1969.

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    Chol Soo Lee in front of a mural, ca. 1970

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    Module 2: The Vietnam-American War

    Thuy Vo Dang

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    Module 3: The Vietnamese Refugee Exodus

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    Module 4: Building Community in “Little Saigon”

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    Module 5: Politics and Remembrance in the Vietnamese American Community

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    Chapter Overview: The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights

    Mae Ngai

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    Module 1: That Chinese Girl

    Mae Ngai

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    Module 2: In-Between People

    Mae Ngai

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    Module 3: The World’s Fair

    Mae Ngai

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    Module 4: The Strange Career of a Chinese Interpreter

    Mae Ngai

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