| African Americans in Hawai'i Contributor(s): Guttman, D. Molentia (Author), Golden, Ernest (Author) |
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ISBN: 073858116X ISBN-13: 9780738581163 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical |
| Dewey: 973 |
| LCCN: 2010924214 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Hawaii - Cultural Region - Oceania - Locality - Honolulu, Hawaii - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During the early 1800s, about two dozen men of African descent lived in Hawai i. The most noteworthy was Anthony D. Allen, a businessman who had traveled around the world before making Hawai i his home and starting a family there in 1810. The 25th Black Infantry Regiment, also known as the Buffalo Soldiers, arrived in Honolulu at the Schofield Barracks in 1913. They built an 18-mile trail to the summit of Mauna Loa, the world s largest shield volcano, and constructed a cabin there for research scientists. After World War II, the black population of Hawai i increased dramatically as military families moved permanently to the island. Hawai i has a diverse population, and today about 35,000 residents, approximately three percent, claim African ancestry." |
Contributor Bio(s): Guttman, D. Molentia: - Author D. Molentia Guttman is married and has three children. She came to Hawai i in 1973 to work at the University of Hawai i as a grants administrator. Coauthor Ernest Golden came to Hawaii at age 19 in 1943 as a defense worker at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. He is married and has four children, seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. The African American Diversity Cultural Center Hawai i was founded in 1997 to preserve historical documentation about the black community s contributions and impact in Hawai i's civic life, military, medicine, religion, and politics. |