Black History Month

Hawaiʻi Pacific University history professor Allison Gough spoke with The Conversation about how their experience of hospitality and island culture led many to take part in the Civil Rights Movement on the continent after the war.

Hospitality expert reviews resiliency of timeshares; HPR's Sabrina Bodon examines legislation affecting emergency dispatchers; HPU professor delves into little-known history of Black WW II soldiers stationed in Hawaiʻi

Ernest Golden was born in 1923 in Athens, Georgia. He left the South in 1942 for a civil service job in Hawaiʻi and stayed afterward in the airport porter industry. Golden shared his thoughts on the challenges of building community through business and assimilation. With the Center for Oral History, we're bringing you his voice and many others during Black History Month.

February is Black History Month, but the story of African Americans in Hawaiʻi is one that is often not heard. As part of our continuing project with the Center for Oral History, we're taking a listen to two people who had very different experiences in mid-20th century Hawaiʻi.