Description: Further DetailsTitle: Facing the Rising SunCondition: NewSubtitle: African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian SolidarityISBN-10: 147984859XEAN: 9781479848591ISBN: 9781479848591Publisher: New York University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 01/16/2018Description: The surprising alliance between Japan and pro-Tokyo African Americans during World War II In November 1942 in East St. Louis, Illinois a group of African Americans engaged in military drills were eagerly awaiting a Japanese invasion of the U.S.— an invasion that they planned to join. Since the rise of Japan as a superpower less than a century earlier, African Americans across class and ideological lines had saluted the Asian nation, not least because they thought its very existence undermined the pervasive notion of “white supremacy.” The list of supporters included Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, and particularly W.E.B. Du Bois. Facing the Rising Sun tells the story of the widespread pro-Tokyo sentiment among African Americans during World War II, arguing that the solidarity between the two groups was significantly corrosive to the U.S. war effort. Gerald Horne demonstrates that Black Nationalists of various stripes were the vanguard of this trend—including followers of Garvey and the precursor of the Nation of Islam. Indeed, many of them called themselves “Asiatic”, not African. Following World War II, Japanese-influenced “Afro-Asian” solidarity did not die, but rather foreshadowed Dr. Martin Luther King’s tie to Gandhi’s India and Black Nationalists’ post-1970s fascination with Maoist China and Ho’s Vietnam. Based upon exhaustive research, including the trial transcripts of the pro-Tokyo African Americans who were tried during the war, congressional archives and records of the Negro press, this book also provides essential background for what many analysts consider the coming “Asian Century.” An insightful glimpse into the Black Nationalists’ struggle for global leverage and new allies, Facing the Rising Sun provides a complex, holistic perspective on a painful period in African American history, and a unique glimpse into the meaning of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 499gAuthor: Gerald HorneGenre: HistoryRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Facing the Rising Sun
Title: Facing the Rising Sun
Subtitle: African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity
ISBN-10: 147984859X
EAN: 9781479848591
ISBN: 9781479848591
Release Date: 01/16/2018
Release Year: 2018
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Name: Facing the Rising Sun : African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity
Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2018
Subject: Asia / Japan, Sociology / General, Modern / 20th Century, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Author: Gerald Horne
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
