Freedom without Justice: The Prison Memoirs of Chol Soo Lee (Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies) - Softcover
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Freedom without Justice is the compelling story of Chol Soo Lee’s wrongful imprisonment and his years of survival in prison, while political activists fought to win his freedom. His saga took place against a backdrop of great historical change in Asian American communities following the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act. In 1973, less than a decade after he immigrated to the United States from Korea at the age of twelve, Lee is convicted of murder and given a life sentence. Four years later, his case became a nationwide rallying point for an extraordinary pan–Asian American movement during the late 1970s and early 1980s, bringing together people from a broad spectrum of social backgrounds for a common political cause. This diverse grassroots activism organized a six-year “Free Chol Soo Lee!” campaign that led to his release from San Quentin’s Death Row in 1983.
While the case inspired newspaper headlines, TV specials, and even a Hollywood movie, until now the full story has never been told in Chol Soo Lee’s own voice. Freedom without Justice reveals the race and class dimensions of US correctional institutions from the perspective of convicts who fiercely refuse to be victims. As a chronicle of the life of a youth at risk, during a time when Asian American inmates were scarce, and Korean Americans even scarcer, Lee's memoir draws readers into a variety of worlds―war-torn Korea, the streets of San Francisco, the criminal justice system, prison gang politics, and death row.
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Chol Soo Lee, born in South Korea, died in San Francisco in December 2014 at the age of sixty-two.
Richard S. Kim is professor of Asian American studies at the University of California, Davis.
David K. Yoo is vice provost, Institute of American Cultures, and professor of Asian American studies and history at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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paperback. Condition: Very Good in Wrappers. No Jacket. First Edition. Honolulu. 2017. June 2017. University of Hawaii Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780824872885. Edited by Richard S. Kim. 6 x 9. 13 b&w illustrations. Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies. 384 pages. paperback. keywords: Memoir Asian American Studies. DESCRIPTION - Freedom without Justice is a compelling story of one man's wrongful incarceration and the actions he took to survive ten years in prison, while his supporters fought to win retrial and freedom. As a memoir, it is at once a captivating chronicle of his life with a trenchant description of how prisons end up producing the non-normativity they purport to prevent. This unusual story is part of an important chapter in the post-1964 history of Asian American activism. Chol Soo Lee's saga begins against a backdrop of great historical change in Asian American communities following the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act. At the age of twelve, Chol Soo immigrated to the United States from South Korea to reunite with his mother, who had arrived earlier as a military bride. In less than a decade, Chol Soo finds himself labeled as a violent criminal, convicted, and incarcerated. Quickly Chol Soo Lee became a rallying point for an extraordinary panAsian American movement in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and Freedom without Justice provides a rare and valuable glimpse into a pivotal moment in history when the Asian American movement united around one of its first major political campaigns. The Lee case brought together immigrants and American-born Asians in a common cause of justice and freedom. This alliance of supporters, organized under a national network of the Chol Soo Lee Defense Committee, included student activists, elderly immigrants, religious organizations, small business owners, white-collar professionals, social workers, lawyers, legal assistance organizations, and left-wing communist groups nationwide. In the end the united front that mobilized to attain social and legal justice for Chol Soo Lee was a remarkable coalition of people from a broad spectrum of social backgrounds that transcended ethnicity, class, political ideology, religion, generation, and language. This diverse grassroots social movement initiated and organized a six-year Free Chol Soo Lee! campaign that led to Lee's historic release from San Quentin's death row in 1983. Incarcerated during a time when Asian American inmates were scarce, and Korean Americans even scarcer, Lee embodies social realities of race and class inequalities drawing readers into his social worlds - war-torn Korea, the streets of San Francisco, the criminal justice system, prison gang politics, and death row. inventory #41984. Seller Inventory # z41984
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