The Second Emancipation
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The Second Emancipation
Facing the Rising Sun: African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity
(2018) by historian Gerald Horne examines the complex relationship between Black Americans and Imperial Japan from the late 19th century through World War II.
The book details how many African Americans, facing systemic oppression at home, viewed Japan's rise as a powerful non-white nation as a viable counterweight to global white supremacy. Horne explores how this admiration manifested in pro-Tokyo sentiments, anti-colonial solidarity, and even wartime draft resistance among various Black nationalist and religious organizations.
