Facing the Rising Sun: African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity

During World War II, there was significant Japanese sympathy among African Americans who thought that Japan’s superpower status undermined white supremacy. This attitude undermined the U.S. war effort, which Facing the Rising Sun (NYU Press) investigates. The book goes on to explores how solidarity between Asian and African Americans grew after the war and was the precursor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s relationship with Gandhi.