Expo shines light on photographer's works

A photography exhibition at Duke University showcases the work of Corky Lee, a Chinese-American photojournalist famous for capturing the daily lives, celebrations, activism and struggles of Asian Americans for more than 50 years.

The pictures, which accompany the late photographer's new book, are available for viewing through June at Duke's John Hope Franklin Center in Durham, North Carolina. It shows how Asians fought for social justice in the United States and their pivotal role in the country's history.

From the 1970s onward, Lee documented events ranging from the origins of the Asian American and Pacific Island movement, or AAPI, to the more recent activism that arose from the stop-AAPI hate campaign amid a surge in hate crimes during the COVID-19 pandemic.