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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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  • Large, wooden sign with white lettering reads "Howland Island National Wildlife Refuge." Sign is posted outside on flat ground covered in vegetation.

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    Module 2: US Territories in the Pacific

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

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    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Micronesian leaders and U.S. Secretary of State stand for group photo behind press conference table. Flags from each respective country hang behind.

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    Module 3: Geopolitics of the Pacific Islands

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

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    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Three people, shown in profile with their faces turned away from the camera, sit beneath sign reading "Chamorro Self-Determination."

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    Module 4: The Fight for Sovereignty in the Pacific Islands Today

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

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    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • A crowd gathers outside for group photo near statue of standing man. People carry signs calling for peace in Guam, with Guam's flag flying in crowd.

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    Module 5: Everyday Decolonization in the Pacific Islands

    Kenneth Gofigan Kuper

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    Decolonization in the Pacific
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  • Students dressed in Hawaiian flags dance hula kahiko around a kumu hula, a teacher seated on a woven lauhala mat who is singing and playing ipu heke.

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    Chapter Overview: Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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  • Kānaka ʻŌiwi stand on Puʻu Moaʻulaiki, an elevated hill overlooking the ocean, and look out towards the other islands of Maui County.

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    Module 1: Kānaka ‘Ōiwi Maoli: Hawaiʻi Identity

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • Painting of Ka'anapali, Maui. Kānaka ʻŌiwi bring in their catch and wa'a kaulua while a wa'a heads out. Behind them are poi fields, rainbow, and hale.

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    Module 2: Ea Hawaiʻi: Kānaka ʻŌiwi Governance

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • Seated in a boat, four male protestors in life vests are escorted from Kahoʻolawe’s Kūheʻeia Bay by a member of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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    Module 3: Kahoʻolawe: Rebirth of the Sacred

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ʻŌiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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  • A waʻa kaulua, or Hawaiian double-hulled voyaging canoe, with red and blue sails, sails across the ocean on a sunny cloudless day.

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    Module 4: Flourishing of Kānaka ʻŌiwi Culture

    Davianna Pōmaikaʻi McGregor

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    Kānaka ’Ōiwi: Indigenous Hawaiians
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