DocumentedNY honors Corky
Published on Jan. 26, for the third anniversary of Corky's passing, a tribute and an early review of CORKY LEE'S ASIAN AMERICA...
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- Jan 26
Where's Corky? Thoughts on the third anniversary of his passing
By John Lee, Corky's brother and estate executor for the late Corky Lee Last year, concurrent with the premiere of a long-awaited...
- Jan 17
Corky Lee profiled in NYS MLK program
Governor Kathy Hochul's Martin Luther King, Jr. tribute featured CORKY LEE as an emblem of RESILIENCE. Virgo Lee narrates in the video...
- Dec 26, 2023
NATIONAL BOOK TOUR
Updated Feb. 7, 2024 The Corky Lee Estate and Friends are organizing a national tour to launch the publication of CORKY LEE'S ASIAN...
- Dec 26, 2023
Kinding Sindaw exhibit to feature Corky's photos
Corky was a longtime friend and photographer of Kinding Sindaw, the dance performance group dedicated to the indigenous cultures of the...
- Dec 26, 2023
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul will honor Corky on King Day
New York's annual Martin Luther King, Jr. program will feature a special tribute to Corky Lee. January 8, 2024, at 6 pm, in Albany at the...
- Nov 14, 2023
Corky Lee Way unveiled in NYC Chinatown
Thank you to Think!Chinatown, OCA, and others who led the campaign to get Mosco Street in Chinatown co-named Corky Lee Way. A large...
- Oct 8, 2023
Curtis's book launch!
Curtis Chin, director of award winning documentary, Dear Corky, will be at the Strand bookstore on October 17 to launch is new book,...
- Oct 8, 2023
"Corky Lee Way"
...will be officially unveiled on Sunday October 22, 2023, at the corner of Mott and Mosco in NYC Chinatown. Come down for the sign...
- Jun 30, 2023
Corky's photo of anti-police brutality march to be on permanent display at Obama Center
The Obama Center, the official museum of President Barack Obama in Chicago, will feature Corky's iconic photo of the 1975 march in New...
- Jun 30, 2023
Corky's Railroad photo to be on permanent display at Promontory Point
Corky's iconic re-enactment (2014) of the "golden spike" photo at Promontory Point, Utah, will be on permanent display at the National...
- Jun 30, 2023
"Corky Lee Way" coming in NYC Chinatown
The New York City Council passed an omnibus co-street naming bill on June 22, 2023, which includes co-naming Mosco Street in Chinatown...
- May 31, 2023
WEST: poetry inspired by the transcontinental railroad
In 2018, Utah Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal was commissioned to write a poem commemorating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental...
- May 29, 2023
Corky Lee's Asian America: now available for preorder!
CORKY LEE'S ASIAN AMERICA: FIFTY YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC JUSTICE By Corky Lee Edited by Chee Wang Ng and Mae Ngai From Clarkson...
- May 29, 2023
L.A. fourth-grade art project inspired by Corky Lee
Artist Gary San Angel reports that he led a "10-week school-based curriculum for 4th-grade students on Corky Lee. The students got to...
- May 5, 2023
Exploring the frontier of advocacy through photojournalism
Watch this short film by high school student Aribeth Wu
- May 5, 2023
Corky is Google's Doodle May 5
May 5 is Corky Lee day and is honored by Google
- May 5, 2023
Photographic Justice at LA AAPI Film Festival
Jennifer Takaki's film will be shown on Sunday May 7 at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, cosponsored with Visual...
- May 5, 2023
Rise up for Asian Pacific Islanders
Corky is featured in this photo exhibit at Stanford Universityhttps://exhibits.stanford.edu/riseup/feature/corky-lee
- May 5, 2023
"Dear Corky" at NY Asia Society
Sponsored by Asian American Bar Association of New York May 31 at 6:30 pm Film and discussion with director Curtis Chin Panel with Virgo...
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