Corky Lee's Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice

The first book of its kind, ambitiously presenting not only an iconic photographer’s work but a sweeping, rich visual account of the AAPI social justice movement. A timely publication before AAPI Heritage Month that will resonate deeply with readers today. Known throughout his lifetime as the “undisputed, unofficial Asian American photographer laureate,” the late photojournalist Corky Lee documented Asian American and Pacific Islander communities for fifty years, breaking the stereotype of Asian Americans as docile, passive, and, above all, foreign to this country. Join the Library, the Corky Lee Estate, Loyalty Bookstores, and the 1882 Foundation for a special conversation about the late photographer Corky Lee. An expert panel will discuss Lee's legacy and discuss photographs from this beautiful new book of Lee's work.

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