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Daniel Kahikina Akaka Biography
Daniel Kahikina Akaka U.S. SenatorBirthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii Akaka attended the University of Hawaii, receiving a B.A. in 1952, a certificate in secondary education in 1953,…Grace Lee Boggs Biography
Grace Lee BoggsactivistBorn: 1915Birthplace: Providence, R.I. Boggs enrolled in Barnard College in 1931 at age to study philosophy. She stayed until she received a Ph.D. in 194…Benjamin J. Cayetano Biography
Benjamin J. Cayetanogovernor of HawaiiBorn: November 14, 1939 Birthplace: Kalihi, Hawaii Cayetano received a B.A. in political science from UCLA in 1968 and law degree from Loy…March Fong Eu Biography
March Fong EuCalifornia politicianBorn: 1922 Eu earned a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.A. from Mills College, and a Ph.D. in education from Stanford …Eni F.H. Faleomavaega Biography
Eni F.H. FaleomavaegaCongressional delegateBirthplace: Vailoatai Village, American Samoa Faleomavaega earned a B.A. in political science and history from Brigham Young Universi…Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi Biography
Gordon Kiyoshi HirabayashiactivistBorn: 1918Birthplace: Seattle, Wash. An American of Japanese ancestry, Hirabayashi was a sociology student at the University of Washington in …S. I. Hayakawa
S. I. Hayakawaformer U.S. SenatorBorn: 7/18/1906Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada Son of Japanese immigrant parents, Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa earned a B.A. in English from the Univer…Fred Korematsu Biography
Fred Korematsuactivist Born: 1919Birthplace: Oakland, Calif. Korematsu was born to a Japanese-American family that owned a flower nursery. After World War II broke out, Japanes…Bill Lann Lee Biography
Bill Lann Lee government official Son of Chinese immigrants who ran a laundry in New York City, Lee graduated from Yale University and Columbia University Law School. He became…Ginger Ehn Lew Biography
Ginger Ehn Lewgovernment officialBirthplace: San Francisco, Calif. area Lew received a B.A. in political science from UCLA and a law degree from the University of California a…