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DESCRIPTION:Samurai Among Panthers: Richard Aoki on Race\, Resistance\, and
  a Paradoxical Life By Diane Fujino will be discussed at the Japanese Amer
 ican Museum of San Jose\,535 N. Fifth Street\, San Jose\, CA&nbsp\; 95112.
 \n\nAn iconic figure of the Asian American movement\, Richard Aoki (1938-2
 009) was also\, as the most prominent non-Black member of the Black Panthe
 r 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 illum
 inates the history of ethnic nationalism and radical internationalism in A
 merica.\n &nbsp\;\n A reflection of this interconnection\, Samurai among P
 anthers weaves together two narratives: Aoki's dramatic first-person chron
 icle and an interpretive history by a leading scholar of the Asian America
 n movement\, Diane C. Fujino. Aoki's candid account of himself takes us fr
 om his early years in Japanese American internment camps to his political 
 education on the streets of Oakland\, to his emergence in the Black Panthe
 r Party. As his story unfolds\, we see how his parents' separation inside 
 the camps and his father's illegal activities shaped the development of Ao
 ki's politics. Fujino situates his life within the context of twentieth-ce
 ntury history-World War II\, the Cold War\, and the protests of the 1960s.
  She demonstrates how activism is both an accidental and an intentional en
 deavor and how a militant activist practice can also promote participatory
  democracy and social service.\n &nbsp\;\n The result of these parallel vo
 ices and analysis in Samurai among Panthers is a complex-and sometimes con
 tradictory-portrait of a singularly extraordinary activist and an expansio
 n and deepening of our understanding of the history he lived.\n &nbsp\;\n 
 The book club is always open to new members. Selections are chosen collabo
 ratively at the end of each meeting and align with the JAMsj mission: the 
 celebration of Japanese American art\, history\, and culture. Books may be
  purchased at the JAMsj museum store. If you have questions\, please conta
 ct Aggie Idemoto at (408) 268-4440 or aggie@jamsj.org
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SUMMARY:JAMsj Book Club
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