Corki Lee

Type: Person

As of November 2026, Corki Lee has been mentioned in one podcast episode on American History Tellers (Dec 2024). Corki Lee is mentioned in the American History Tellers podcast for her role in recreating the iconic Promontory photo in 2014, which included Chinese participants. This work helped inspire organizing efforts for the 2019 150th commemoration of the Transcontinental Railroad. Sue Lee notes that Corki was motivated by the story of Phil Choy being overlooked in 1969.

Young Corky Lee was a Chinese-American activist, community organizer, photographer, journalist, and the self-proclaimed unofficial Asian American Photographer Laureate. He called himself an "ABC from NYC ... wielding a camera to slay injustices against APAs." His work chronicled and explored the diversity and nuances of Asian American culture often ignored and overlooked by mainstream media, striving to make Asian American history a part of American history.