Fashion, Memory and the Fight for Justice for Timothy Charles Lee

KPFA - Hard Knock Radio · Sep 2, 2026 · 59m

On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D spoke with KPFA’s Frank Sterling Jr. and fashion designer Meeka Starr about the unresolved death of Timothy Charles Lee and a community effort to keep his name, dreams and demand for justice alive. Lee was a 23 year old Black, Native American and gay man who hoped to become a fashion designer. He had recently received a scholarship to study fashion in Milan when he was found hanging from a tree near the Concord BART station on November 2, 1985. Authorities ruled his death a suicide, but his family has challenged that conclusion for more than 40 years…