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The Sounds of Asian America Tumblr unearthed a gem from Jeff Adachi's past.
"The Ballad of Chol Soo Lee" was a 1978 single intended to raise funds for Chol Soo Lee's defense. Lee was a Korean immigrant who was falsely convicted of murdering a Chinatown gang figure in San Francisco in 1973. His case became a major cause for Asian American activists, including Adachi, and he was eventually granted a new trial and acquitted.
A young Adachi, San Francisco's public defender and
subject of this week's cover story, can be heard plucking away a smooth bassline as the vocalist sings, "He's not the only one / Nor does he stand alone / Joined by us all / His spirit will carry on."
To hear the track,
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