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  • Six men stand in a line on a stage in front of a curtain, each holding a card with a number. Chol Soo Lee stands at the fifth spot.

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    Suspect Lineup

    Chol Soo Lee is no. 5 in this 1973 police lineup photo.

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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 3
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  • Mugshot photo of Chol Soo Lee. Below is his booking id that reads "California Prison B51845A CS Lee".

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    Chol Soo Lee Mugshot

    Chol Soo Lee’s 1974 prison mugshot.

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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 3
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  • Japanese American Ranko Yamada in a ribbed sweater flips through pages at Koreatown Weekly..

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    Ranko Yamada working at Koreatown Weekly

    Ranko Yamada, in the newsroom of the Koreatown Weekly, 1979. Yamada befriended Chol Soo Lee about a year before his 1973 arrest for the Chinatown murder, and would become a leading figure in the movement to free him from prison.

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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 3
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  • Chol Soo Lee smiling in front of a painted mural. The mural shows an elk in a river.

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    Chol Soo Lee in Front of a Mural

    Chol Soo Lee, in a 1970s Polaroid.

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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 3
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  • Front and side profile mug shot of Chol Soo Lee. The booking id is shown on the right and reads "San Francisco 243374 8769".

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    Chol Soo Lee Mug Shot

    Chol Soo Lee’s teenage mugshot from 1969.

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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 2
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  • Open book with two columns of mugshots on each page.

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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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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 2
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  • A mugshot book propped open, cover facing the camera. The spine reads "Homicide Chinese Series" and the cover shows a drawing of a Chinese man.

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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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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 4
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  • Aerial view of a maximum security cottage surrounded by barbed wire fencing. In the background is a city along a hill.

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    Maximum Security Cottage – Youth Guidance Center

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

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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 2
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  • A boy and a girl, both around 12-13 years old, sit on a couch smiling at the camera. The boy has a book open on his lap.

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    Chol Soo Lee Childhood Photo

    Chol Soo Lee in an undated childhood photo.

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    Free Chol Soo Lee: How a Lone Death Row Inmate Sparked a Movement, Module 2
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  • Chol Soo Lee's mom holding him and his sister, Mary, in a family portrait photo.

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    Chol Soo Lee With Mom and Sister

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

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  • Hmong Americans Tou and Chue Lee of Lee's One Fortune Farm stand among rows of crops, casually dressed in jeans.

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    Module 3: Building Communities

    Heidi Kim

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    Asian Americans in the United States South
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  • Mary Harrison Lee mugshot, front facing and in profile. Lee wears a floral print dress with short hair and the mugshot board around her neck.

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    Module 4: The Fight for Civil Rights

    Heidi Kim

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    Asian Americans in the United States South
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  • Abraham Verghese, in a white button down shirt, poses for a headshot in front of a whiteboard. On desk in front of him is an open notebook.

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    Module 5: Literature and Identity

    Heidi Kim

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    Asian Americans in the United States South
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    Chapter Overview: Asian American and Pacific Islanders and the Media

    Lori Lopez

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    Overview

    Lori Lopez

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    Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the Media
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  • Illustrated poster for The Face of Fu Manchu. Fu Manchu is positioned near center, with a dragon behind him. Violent vignettes appear around border.

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    Module 2: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Mainstream Media: A History

    Lori Lopez

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    Asian American and Pacific Islanders and the Media
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  • Maya stands on steps leading to an intricately gold-painted door. She gestures to one of the surrounding statues.

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    Chapter Overview: Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America

    Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro

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  • Black and white family photo: Maya is an infant in her mother's lap. Her father and brother sit to either side of her mother on a bench.

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    Module 1: Maya Soetoro: A Biographical Overview

    Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro

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    Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America
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  • A float with 3 statues in gold costumes, large, purple umbrellas, all surrounded by flowers. Dancers in ornate flower costumes walk next to the float.

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    Module 2: Indonesian American History

    Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro

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    Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America
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