· Hanapepe, Kauai, Hawaii

Hanapepe Massacre

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Content note: this entry describes violence.

During a months-long Filipino sugar strike, a clash between strikers and police at Hanapepe, Kauai, left 16 Filipino workers and 4 police officers dead-the bloodiest episode in Hawaii's labor history.

Communities
  • Filipino American
Topics
  • labor
Event type
  • racial violence
  • violence
Places
  • Hawaii

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