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Asian American Studies Center Press

Asian Americans: The Movement and the Moment

Editors: Steve Louie and Glenn K. Omatsu
Publisher: UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press

350 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, 433 photographs/illustrations

Softcover Edition - $24.95
ISBN: 0-934052-32-8

Hardcover Edition - $45.00
ISBN: 0-934052-33-6

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface—Moving the Historical Moment Forward
Don T. Nakanishi

Acknowledgements—Making the Book Happen
Steve Louie

Introduction—When We Wanted It Done, We Did It Ourselves
Steve Louie

Pontifications on the Distinction between Grains of Sand and Yellow Pearls
Chris Iijima

From Pool Halls to Building Workers’ Organizations: Lessons for Today’s Activists
Warren Mar

Touching the Fire: An Introduction to Three Essays from Filipina American Activists
Cecile Caguingin Ochoa

Holding a Pigeon in My Hand: How Community Organizing Succeeds or Falters
Prosy Abarquez-Delacruz

The Chosen Road
Carol Ojeda-Kimbrough

Growing Up in America as a Young Filipina American during the Anti-Martial Law and Student Movement in the United States
Rose Ibanez

Wherever There Is Oppression
Ray Tasaki

It’s Never Ever Boring! Triple Jeopardy from the Korean Side
Miriam Ching Yoon Louie

Drinking Tea with Both Hands
Nancy Hom

Growing Up in Turmoil: Thoughts on the Asian American Movement
Bob Hsiang

Parting the Wild Horse’s Mane: Asian-American Images and the Asian Media Collective—A One Act Readable Play
Gordon Lee

Untitled Photo Essay
Corky Lee

Finding Our Common Interests: Personal Reflections about the Asian Movement
Liz Del Sol

“Action Talks and Bullshit Walks”: From the Founders of Yellow Brotherhood to the Present
Nick Nagatani

Roots of a Civil Rights Activist
Henry Der

Song of Ariran: In Memory of Helen Foster Snow
Brenda Paik Sunoo

From the “Prologue” and “Epilogue” of Song of Ariran
Nym Wales and Kim San

Transforming Student Elites into Community Activists: A Legacy of Asian American Activism
Harvey Dong

Individually We Contributed, Together We Made a Difference
Merilynne Hamano Quon

Slicing Silence: Asian Progressives Come Out
Daniel C. Tsang

To Be a Part of the People: The International Hotel Collective
Beverly Kordziel

I Come from a Yellow Seed (For Bobby)
Nelson Nagai

Finding a Home Community
Shinya Ono

The Advent and Origins of the Asian American Movement in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Personal Perspective
Floyd Huen

Caring for the Soul of Our Community: Vietnamese Youth Activism in the 1960s and Today
Tram Quang Nguyen

Serve the People
Mori Nishida

Listening to the Small Voice Speaking the Truth: Grassroots Organizing and the Legacy of Our Movement
Glenn Omatsu

NEWS INFORMATION

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