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Famous African Americans in Hawaii's History
An introduction to famous African Americans in Hawaii
and African Americans in Hawaii's history.
Famous African Americans With Hawaii Connections
Anthony D. Allen
He was born in New York and immigrated to Hawaii
in 1810. He married a Hawaiian woman, he bought land and
livestock, and he became a prosperous farmer.
He died in 1835.
Alice Augusta Ball
Barack Obama Grew Up in Hawaii
United States President Barack Obama grew
up in Hawaii and he attended Punahou School.
Betsey Stockton
Ex slave of the President of Princeton University.
She arrived in Hawaii with the Charles
Stuart family as part of the 2nd group of
missionaries to arrive in Hawaii from New Haven
Connecticut on the ship "Thames". She learned
the Hawaiian language and was one of the founders
of the Lahainaluna School on Maui. She taught
there 1923-1925.
"Black Jack"
Black Jack - also known as Mr. Keakaeleele
was living on Oahu when King Kamehameha
conquered the island inn 1796. He helped
build a Lahaina storehouse for Queen Kaahumanu
and I believe he was also a sailor in the
maritime industry.
"Black Joe"
Sail maker for King Kamehameha II. He died in 1828.
Carlotta Stewart Lai
Doris "Dorie" Miller
Frank Marshall Davis
(moved to Hi in 1948?)
Herman Frazier
Born: October 29, 1954
1976 Olympic Gold medalist ( 4x400 meter relay)
Kamaka Fernandez
African American Kamaka Fernandez was born in
Little Rock, Arkansas but he grew up immersed
in Hawaiian culture on the island of Maui. Today
e is one of Hawaii's top traditional Hawaiian
falsetto singers.
Miles M. Jackson
University of Hawaii professor Miles M. Jackson
has been doing research since 1980
on African Americans in Hawaii. Books he has
written include "And Then They Came: A Brief
History of Blacks in Hawaii" (2001) and
"They Followed the Trade Winds: African Americans
in Hawaii" (2005). Professor Jackson also
has a column in Mahogany Magazine and he is
a contributing writer for the Honolulu Advertiser.
Profile of Miles M. Jackson at BlackPast.org
Miles M. Jackson on Blacks and Hawaii's Plantations
Nolle Smith
Richard Armstrong
Born in Pennsylvania in 1805. Son of a black minister.
He and his wife Clarissa Chapman Armstrong
arrived in Hawaii in 1832 with the 5th company
of missionaries after being stationed for a
year in the Marquesas islands. He built a
church on Maui and he was pastor of the Kawaiahao Church
in Honolulu from 1840 to 1848. His son Samuel
Chapman Armstrong (1839-1829) was the founder
of the Hampton Institute in Virginia.
Samuel Lee Gravely
Wally Amos
William Lineas Maples (1869-1943)
Doctor and musician William Lineas Maples
ws born in Sevierville, Tennessee, on March 31, 1869
and he became a doctor in 1893. After serving in
the medical unit of an all-black regiment of
the United States army, he was recruited by the
Hawaii Commercial and Sugar Company to work as
an Anesthetist at their hospital in Puunene.
William Maples died at age 73, in 1943, in Wailuku, Maui.
BlackPast.org Profile of Willilam Lineas Maples
Minority Professional Network: Profile of Willilam Lineas Maples
William Saunders Scarborough (1852-1926)
William S. Scarborough was born in Macon, Georgia
on February 16, 1852 and he was the son of a slave and a free
black man. He taught Greek and Latin for a few years
at Wiberforce University in Ohio and served
as that university's president from 1908 through 1920.
In March of 1984 he made a speech declaring his opposition
to the United States annexation of Hawaii.
1984 Speech:
"The Ethics of the Hawaiian Question"
Profile:
Wikipedia William Sanders Scarborough Article
Articles About African Americans With Hawaii Connections
Famous African Americans in Hawaii's History
An introduction to Hawaii's most well-known African
Americans of the past and present. Includes profiles
of Anthony Allen, Alice Ball, Barack Obama,
Betsey Stockton, Carlotta Lai, Kamaka Fernandez,
Miles Jackson, Nolle Smith, Samuel Gravely, William Maples,
and William Saunders Scarborough.
African Americans of the Hawaiian Islands
The full title of this four part article by Darlene E. Kelley
is "Keepers of the Culture - A study in Time of
the Hawaiian Islands - African Americans in Hawaii".
Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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Part 4
Black Plantation Laborers in Hawaii
The History of African Americans in Hawaii
An article by Deloris Guttman and Hugo R. Miller
of the African American Cultural Center Hawaii.
Exhibit Featured African Americans in Hawaii
In July of 2000 the Bishop Museum asked Hawaii residents
to donate artifacts and photographs Hawaii's
most prominent black citizens and African American history.
Life Histories of African Americans in Hawaii
UH Professor Kathryn Waddell Takara audio taped
oral interviews with ten older African Americans on Oahu
in 1988 so they could be included in
"Oral Histories of African Americans". Those interviewed
included Walter Alexander, Gladys Crampton, Bertha Dunson,
Ernest Golden, Howard Johnson, Alexander Lewis,
Lucille Maloney, Ulyless Robinson, and William Waddell.
2000 Exhibit Featured African Americans in Hawaii
In July of 2000 the Bishop Museum asked Hawaii residents
to donate artifacts and photographs Hawaii's
most prominent black citizens and African American history.
See Also:
African American Culture in Hawaii
Books About Black History in Hawaii
Other Ethnic Groups in Hawaii
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