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

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Samurai among Panthers Critical American Studies Series George Lipsitz, University of California–Santa Barbara, Series Editor Samurai among Panthers RICHARD AOKI ON RACE, RESISTANCE, AND A PARADOXICAL LIFE Diane C. Fujino Critical American Studies University of Minnesota Press Minneapolis • London All royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to the Richard Aoki Freedom Fund. Copyright  by the Regents of the University of Minnesota All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Published by the University of Minnesota Press  Third Avenue South, Suite  Minneapolis, MN - http://www.upress.umn.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fujino, Diane Carol. Samurai among panthers : Richard Aoki on race, resistance, and a paradoxical life / Diane C. Fujino. (Critical American Studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ---- (hc : alk. paper) ISBN ---- (pb : alk. paper) . Aoki, Richard, –. . Black Panther Party—Biography. . Asian American Political Alliance (Berkeley, Calif.)—Biography. . Civil rights movements—United States—History—th century. . Asian Americans—Civil rights—History—th century. . African Americans—Civil rights—History—th century. . Political activists— California—Biography. . Japanese Americans—California—Biography. . United States—Race relations. I. Title. F.JF  .—dc [B]  Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper The University of Minnesota is an equal-opportunity educator and employer.                    for Matef, Kano, and Seku, with love always for Japanese American activist elders Mo Nishida, Mitsuye Yamada, the Reverend Michael Yasutake, Frank Emi, Yosh Kuromiya, and Yuri Kochiyama for Chip Fitzgerald and other political prisoners This page intentionally left blank ...