Samurai Among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race, Resistance, and a Paradoxical Life

by Diane C. Fujino

Book Overview

An iconic figure 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 1960s and '70s. His life story exposes the personal side of political activism as it illuminates the history of ethnic nationalism and radical internationalism in America. A reflection of this interconnection, Samurai among Panthers weaves together two...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816677875
• ISBN13: 9780816677870
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"