'Photographic Justice: A Tribute to Corky Lee Photo Exhibit' is on display inside the U.S. District Courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn.
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After Vincent Chin was beaten to death in a racially motivated hate crime by two white Detroit auto workers in 1982 who incorrectly assumed Chin was of Japanese descent, it was Lee who captured a mother's anguish.A photo of railroad workers that erased Chinese workers from history sparked his fire. Eventually, he'd recreate that photo, gathering six generations, descendants of those missing from history books.
"He wanted to let the world know that people of color, people of Asian descent, we were here and we are here," his brother, Johann Lee, said."And together, if you don't know what we've done with you or for you, how can we build a better nation?"It's suspected he became ill from patrolling with neighborhood watch groups, protecting Chinatown from anti-Asian violence.
"My dad, he had this penchant for giving the kids heroic names," Johann Lee said."Corky's Chinese name...loosely translates to 'Raise The Nation.'"
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