New book chronicles half-century of Asian American life, through the lens of one photographer

When Corky Lee was in junior high school in New York City in the 1960s, he wondered why Asian Americans were missing from history class narratives about who had built America and who could be considered American.

In the decades that followed, the activist-photographer would dedicate his life to helping to make up for this omission by documenting Asian American history, culture and social movements.