Contents
Abbreviations
Introduction: Demystifying the Japanese Radical Cat
1. “My Happy Childhood That I Don’t Remember”
Disrupting the Deviant–Noble Binary
2. “Protecting the Japanese”
The Ungrieved Trauma of Internment
3. “Learning to Do the West Oakland Dip”
Masculinity, Race, and Citizenship in Postwar Oakland
4. “I Was a Man by the Standards of the ’Hood”
Military Misadventures and Cold War Masculinity
5. “My Identification Went with the Aspirations of the Masses”
The Old Left, Third World Radicalism, and Vietnam
6. “The Greatest Political Opportunity of My Life”
Joining the Black Panther Party
7. “Support All Oppressed Peoples”
Founding the Asian American Political Alliance
8. “Learning to Fly on the Way Down”
The TWLF Strike and the Duality of Education
9. “A Community-Oriented Academic Unit”
The Birth of Asian American Studies
10. “An Advocate for the Students”
The Counselor, Instructor, and Administrator
11. “At Least I Was There”
A Rebirth in Activism for Freedom, Justice, and Equality
Epilogue: Reflecting on a Movement Icon
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index