Reginald Kearney is Visiting Professor at Clark Atlanta University. He is the author of Nijuuseiki no Nihonjin: Amerika Kokujin no Nihonjinkan (The twentieth century Japanese: African American views of the Japanese), 1900–1945 (translated by Shin Yamanoto) and Reconcilable Differences: Issues in African American-Japanese Relations.

"…well-researched and highly readable…" — Journal of Japanese Studies"There is an unintended timeliness about the theme of this book in the form of various affirmative responses to Japanese life while, in our own time, a wave of antipathy has risen between African Americans and Asians. Kearney has opened a corner of World War II black cultural life that many historians have known about but have never taken up: the ambiguity of the group toward Japanese whom they regarded in part as oppressed 'brown' brothers. Kearney makes imaginative use of the archival sources such as the Office of War Information and other federal agencies. He has reached into a pool of American social life heretofore unrevealed." — Thomas Cripps, Professor Emeritus, Morgan State University

• Editor's PrefacePrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: First Impressions 1. Early Views of the Japanese2. Reactions to the Russo-Japanese WarPart II: Choosing Sides 3. Fellow Victims of Racism4. Champions of the Darker Races5. Pro-Japan Sentiment Upswing6. Reactions to War in the Pacific7. Shockwaves out of JapanEpilogueNotesIndex

Reginald Kearney is Visiting Professor at Clark Atlanta University. He is the author of Nijuuseiki no Nihonjin: Amerika Kokujin no Nihonjinkan (The twentieth century Japanese: African American views of the Japanese), 1900–1945 (translated by Shin Yamanoto) and Reconcilable Differences: Issues in African American-Japanese Relations.

"…well-researched and highly readable…" — Journal of Japanese Studies"There is an unintended timeliness about the theme of this book in the form of various affirmative responses to Japanese life while, in our own time, a wave of antipathy has risen between African Americans and Asians. Kearney has opened a corner of World War II black cultural life that many historians have known about but have never taken up: the ambiguity of the group toward Japanese whom they regarded in part as oppressed 'brown' brothers. Kearney makes imaginative use of the archival sources such as the Office of War Information and other federal agencies. He has reached into a pool of American social life heretofore unrevealed." — Thomas Cripps, Professor Emeritus, Morgan State University

• Editor's PrefacePrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: First Impressions 1. Early Views of the Japanese2. Reactions to the Russo-Japanese WarPart II: Choosing Sides 3. Fellow Victims of Racism4. Champions of the Darker Races5. Pro-Japan Sentiment Upswing6. Reactions to War in the Pacific7. Shockwaves out of JapanEpilogueNotesIndex