Losing generation of activists who fought racism proves need for Asian American studies


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The photographer Corky Lee, who died in late January at age 73, captured images of some of the most pivotal moments in Asian American history. The journalist David Ibata, who died two days before at 66, helped dozens of young, cash-strapped Asian reporters land coveted internships in Chicago newsrooms. And the scholar Judy Yung, who died in December at 74, chronicled the experiences of Chinese women in 19th century San Francisco and launched one of the country's first Asian American studies programs. Yung, Lee and Ibata belonged to a generation of activists who cemented the Asian American movement in the...