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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 5: A Modern Chinese American Woman

    Mae Ngai

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    Chapter Overview: Samoans in the United States

    Lana Lopesi

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    Module 1: Overview: Samoans in the United States

    Lana Lopesi

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    Chapter Overview: Bangladeshi Americans

    Nazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed

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    Module 1: Bangladeshi Migration and Settlement in the US

    Nazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed

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    Module 2: Bangladeshi Americans and the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

    Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, Nazli Kibria, Sharbari Ahmed

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    Chapter Overview: Chinese Americans and the Making of American History

    Cecilia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit Shelton

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    Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Module 1: Overview

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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