Race, Place, Space, and Political Development: Japanese-American Radicalism in the “Pre-Movement” 1960s

Part of a special issue on Asian and Pacific Islander populations within the U.S. The writer discusses several examples of Japanese-American radicalism in the years preceding the advent of the Asian-American Movement (AAM). She discusses U.S.-sanctioned concentration camps for Japanese-Americans dur...

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Main Author: Fujino, Diane C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2008
In: Social justice
Year: 2008, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 57-79
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Keywords:
Social conditions of black people
Social conditions of Asian Americans
Social Justice
Racism
Political development
Radicalism
Activists
Activism
Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans > History
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Summary:Part of a special issue on Asian and Pacific Islander populations within the U.S. The writer discusses several examples of Japanese-American radicalism in the years preceding the advent of the Asian-American Movement (AAM). She discusses U.S.-sanctioned concentration camps for Japanese-Americans during World War II and their radicalizing influence on the younger generation. She also comments on the influence of the black civil rights movement on Japanese-American activism, noting the part that proximity and geography played in this development. In particular, she looks at the lives and work of Japanese-American “pre-Movement” activists Yuri Kochiyama, Richard Aoki, and Mo Nishida.
ISSN:2327-641X