Description
An icon of the Asian American movement, Richard Aoki (1938-2009) was also, as the most prominent non-Black member of the Black Panther Party, a key architect of Afro-Asian solidarity in the sixties and seventies. His life story exposes the personal side of political activism as it illuminates the history of ethnic nationalism and radical internationalism in America. Samurai among Panthers weaves together two narratives: Aoki's dramatic first-person chronicle and an interpretive history by Diane C. Fujino. The result of these parallel voices and analysis is a complex portrait of an extraordinary activist that expands and deepens our understanding of the history he lived.
About the Author
Diane C. Fujino is associate professor of Asian American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her books about leading Asian American activist Yuri Kochiyama (Heartbeat of Struggle) and with Fred Ho (Wicked Theory, Naked Practice) are published by the University of Minnesota Press.
An icon of the Asian American movement, Richard Aoki (1938-2009) was also, as the most prominent non-Black member of the Black Panther Party, a key architect of Afro-Asian solidarity in the sixties and seventies. His life story exposes the personal side of political activism as it illuminates the history of ethnic nationalism and radical internationalism in America. Samurai among Panthers weaves together two narratives: Aoki's dramatic first-person chronicle and an interpretive history by Diane C. Fujino. The result of these parallel voices and analysis is a complex portrait of an extraordinary activist that expands and deepens our understanding of the history he lived.
About the Author
Diane C. Fujino is associate professor of Asian American studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her books about leading Asian American activist Yuri Kochiyama (Heartbeat of Struggle) and with Fred Ho (Wicked Theory, Naked Practice) are published by the University of Minnesota Press.