Asian Americans: The Movement and the Moment
Editors: Steve Louie and Glenn K. Omatsu
Publisher: UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press
50 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, 433 photographs/illustrations
Softcover Edition - $20.00
ISBN: 0-934052-32-8
Hardcover Edition - $45.00
ISBN: 0-934052-33-6
BOOK DESCRIPTION
THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT of the late 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s was a watershed event for Asian and Pacific American; an “historical moment,” as the late psychologist Erik Erikson would call it, when a special convergence of historical forces and individual experiences led to extraordinary social change.
Today, we take for granted the enduring legacy of the Movement’s innovative strategies, vision, and accomplishments, be it the idea of pan-Asian Pacific American unity and collective action, the founding of a multitude of community –based organizations from Boston to Los Angeles, or redress for the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II…
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE—MOVING THE HISTORICAL MOMENT FORWARD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS—MAKING THE BOOK HAPPEN
INTRODUCTION—WHEN WE WANTED IT DONE, WE DID IT OURSELVES
PONTIFICATIONS ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN GRAINS OF SAND AND YELLOW PEARLS
FROM POOL HALLS TO BUILDING WORKERS’ ORGANIZATIONS: LESSONS FOR TODAY’S ACTIVISTS
TOUCHING THE FIRE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THREE ESSAYS FROM FILIPINA AMERICAN ACTIVISTS
HOLDING A PIGEON IN MY HAND: HOW COMMUNITY ORGANIZING SUCCEEDS OR FALTERS
THE CHOSEN ROAD
GROWING UP IN AMERICA AS A YOUNG FILIPINA AMERICAN DURING THE ANTI-MARTIAL LAW AND STUDENT MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
WHEREVER THERE IS OPPRESSION
IT’S NEVER EVER BORING! TRIPLE JEOPARDY FROM THE KOREAN SIDE
DRINKING TEA WITH BOTH HANDS
GROWING UP IN TURMOIL: THOUGHTS ON THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT
PARTING THE WILD HORSE’S MANE: ASIAN-AMERICAN IMAGES AND THE ASIAN MEDIA COLLECTIVE—A ONE ACT READABLE PLAY
UNTITLED PHOTO ESSAY
FINDING OUR COMMON INTERESTS: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE ASIAN MOVEMENT
“ACTION TALKS AND BULLSHIT WALKS”: FROM THE FOUNDERS OF YELLOW BROTHERHOOD TO THE PRESENT
ROOTS OF A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
SONG OF ARIRAN: IN MEMORY OF HELEN FOSTER SNOW
FROM THE “PROLOGUE” AND “EPILOGUE” OF SONG OF ARIRAN
TRANSFORMING STUDENT ELITES INTO COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS: A LEGACY OF ASIAN AMERICAN ACTIVISM
INDIVIDUALLY WE CONTRIBUTED, TOGETHER WE MADE A DIFFERENCE
SLICING SILENCE: ASIAN PROGRESSIVES COME OUT
TO BE A PART OF THE PEOPLE: THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL COLLECTIVE
I COME FROM A YELLOW SEED (FOR BOBBY)
FINDING A HOME COMMUNITY
THE ADVENT AND ORIGINS OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
CARING FOR THE SOUL OF OUR COMMUNITY: VIETNAMESE YOUTH ACTIVISM IN THE 1960S AND TODAY
SERVE THE PEOPLE
LISTENING TO THE SMALL VOICE SPEAKING THE TRUTH: GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND THE LEGACY OF OUR MOVEMENT
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