The Rising Tide of Color challenges familiar narratives of race in
American history that all too often present the U.S. state as a
benevolent force in struggles against white supremacy, especially in the
South. Featuring a wide range of scholars specializing in American
history and ethnic studies, this powerful collection of essays
highlights historical moments and movements on the Pacific Coast and
across the Pacific to reveal a different story of race and politics.
From labor and anticolonial activists around World War I and multiracial
campaigns by anarchists and communists in the 1930s to the policing of
race and sexuality after World War II and transpacific movements against
the Vietnam War, The Rising Tide of Color brings to light histories of
race, state violence, and radical movements that continue to shape our
world in the twenty-first century.