Corky Lee's Photos

All photographs courtesy of Corky Lee

Karen Lee as Statue of Liberty, 1993

Miss Saigon Protest, 1991

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union March, 1982

Vincent Chin Rally, 1982

Participants of the 1991 protest in support of the TV anchor Kaity Tong

Lee holds a postcard of Chinatown against the background of the neighborhood

Peter Yew, a Chinese-American man, surrounded by policemen with blood rushing down his face. This photo appeared on the front page of the New York Times sparking thousands of Chinatown residents to protest against police brutality.

Thousands of Chinatown residents take to the streets to protest the police brutality in their community

A Sikh man draped in the United States flag in the heat of anti-Muslim attacks following the 9/11 (Although Sihks are not Muslims, their headdress made them easily identifiable targets)

A group of descendants of Chinese railroad workers re-creating the famous Promontory Summit photo. In the 1869 original, celebrating the meeting of transcontinental railways, there was a conspicuous absence of Chinese workers, who comprised around 90% of the Western workforce.