The Path to Martial Law in Hawaii

On January 17, 1893, a group of thirteen haole businessmen, calling themselves the Committee of Safety and with the backing of U.S. Marines, proclaims...

In July of 1894, after failing to succeed in immediate annexation by the U.S., the Provisional government transitions to the Republic of Hawaii govern...

In September of 1897, in protest of the push for annexation, a majority of the native Hawaiian population of Hawaii sign on to a petition effort to ke...

In July of 1897, failing to secure the required number of votes to enact a treaty of annexation, the U.S. Congress used a joint resolution to annex a ...

In April of 1900, President McKinley signs the organic act necessary for Hawaii to become a territory of the U.S. The act contains a provision for the...

Japanese and Filipino plantation workers strike for nearly six months to secure better working conditions in opposition to haole-controlled business i...

In 1921, following the crippling Oahu Sugar Strike of 1920, the FBI and Office of Naval Intelligence began to compile a list of potentially dangerous ...

The FBI opens a field office in Hawaii mostly to handle immigration and fugitive matters and address Japanese militarism in the Pacific theater.

In November of 1931, Thalia Massie, the wife of a white naval officer, accused five non-white "local" young men of assaulting her on her way home from...

Before the retrial of the five young local men for assaulting Thalia Massie began, one of the men, a native Hawaiian named Joseph Kahahawai, was kidna...