1968 Political Campaign Pamphlet – 13.04.039.IMG_JAM.DemocraticCampaignPamphlet.1968.JANM.95.142.3

Japanese Americans in the Democratic Party became dominant figures in Hawaiʻi politics after Hawaiʻi became a state in 1959. This 1968 campaign pamphlet for Hawaiʻi Democratic Party candidates highlights Patsy Mink, Spark Matsunaga, Daniel Inouye, and Hubert Humphrey.

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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.

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