Hawaii

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  6/13/2023
  

  The Forgotten History of Japanese Internment in Hawaii

  by Olivia Tasevski

  Although Hawaii is associated with the United States being victimized by foreign attack, the history of internment of Japanese Americans on the islands should also remind us of the U.S. government's human rights abuses. 

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• SOURCE: Hawai'i Public Radio
  2/13/2023
  

  For Native Hawaiians, February 14 is About the Death of Captain James Cook

  The indigenous Hawai'ian resistance to the efforts of Cook to control the islands remains a key moment both in the colonial history of the islands and for the native culture. 

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• SOURCE: National History Center
  1/25/2021
  

  Virtual Event: Sarah Miller-Davenport: Gateway State: Hawai’i and Cultural Transformation of American Empire, FEB. 1

  Please join the National History Center of the American Historical Association for a Washington History Seminar roundtable on Gateway State: Hawai’i and Cultural Transformation of American Empire with author Sarah Miller-Davenport, MONDAY FEB. 1, 4:00 PM EST.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  11/18/2020
  

  Patsy Takemoto Mink Blazed The Trail For Kamala Harris – Not Susan B. Anthony

  by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu

  Patsy Takemoto Mink, elected in 1972 as the first woman of color in Congress, deserves recognition as a pioneering advocate for gender equity and the rights of Americans Caribbean and Pacific territories, and for preparing a path for Kamala Harris's election as Vice President. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  May 2020
  

  The History of the Hawaiian Shirt

  From kitsch to cool, ride the waves of undulating popularity of a tropical fashion statement.

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• 6/30/19
  

  Hawaii’s Cowboy Heroes

  by David Wolman and Julian Smith

  At the turn of the 20th century, three Hawaiian cowboys arrived in Wyoming to compete in a rodeo extravaganza. What happened next overturned much of what people thought they knew, and still think they know, about Hawaii, the American West, and the relationship between the two.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/18/19
  

  Racists in Congress fought statehood for Hawaii, but lost that battle 60 years ago

  by Sarah Miller Davenport

  Sixty years ago, Dwight Eisenhower signed legislation making Hawaii America’s 50th state. 

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• SOURCE: The Hill
  2-18-15
  

  Obama to create national monument at Hawaii internment camp

  The White House told the Times that the designation, to be made Thursday, is meant to recognize “the fragility of civil rights during times of conflict.”

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12-3-13
  

  Finding Japan’s Aircraft-Carrier Sub

  The I-400, an aircraft carrier sub designed to attack the Panama Canal, has been found off of Hawaii.

• SOURCE: WaPo
  5-7-13
  

  Rare Hawaiian surfing book expected to sell for $40,000

  COSTA MESA, Calif. — A book about surfers in the early 1900s is expected to sell for about $40,000.A copy of “The Surf Riders of Hawaii” will go before bidders Saturday at the Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction. The auction will include more than 60 vintage surfboards and other items.The book is one of eight made by hand by A.R. Gurrey Jr. between 1911 and 1915. Gurrey is considered the father of surf photography. The book helped spread surfing’s appeal from Hawaii to the mainland.It is composed of six leaves of heavy brown woven paper, with eight mounted gelatin-silver photographs of native Hawaiians surfing Waikiki. Among them is Duke Kahanamoku, the Olympic medalist swimmer who helped popularize the sport....