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He was murdered in one of Hawaii s most racist cases. Now his descendants are reclaiming his legacy.
Kathlyn Clore
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Killed, not died: The grave belonging to Joseph “Joe” Kahahawai, Jr., in Puea Cemetery in Kalihi, Hawaii, has struck many for its plain wording around Kahahawai s death.Sean Marrs/Special to SFGATE
When Jordan Kahahawai-Welch was around 12 years old, she accompanied her tutu (grandmother), auntie and uncles to a Honolulu theater performance about the Massie affair, a sensational criminal case that began in 1931 with a false rape claim asserted by a 20-year-old white U.S. Navy spouse living in the posh suburb of Mānoa.
Weather wreaking havoc on schedule
Tim Bamforth February 12, 2021
The Cape boys’ winter track team hosted Sussex Academy Feb. 4 at Legends Stadium, and the Vikings topped the Seahawks 110-4 in track & field action.
High scorer John Small won three events for the Vikings, taking the 55-meter hurdles in 8.29, the long jump in 20-feet-2-inches, and the triple jump in 38-feet. Hunter Jones took the 1,600 meters in 4:52, with Daniel Adili-Khams second in 4:55. Julian Calloway took the 800 meters in 2:06, while Andrew Wolak won the 400 meters in 55.5. Josiah Miller tossed the shot 46-feet-7-inches, while Ryan Baker ran 10:20 in the 3,200 meters by himself. His time is one of the top 15 performances ever in a dual meet at Cape.
This is dope.
Lee, a member of the Team DeVoe Basketball Academy s 4th-grade team, was among the first to don the new basketball club s black and gold uniforms.
The uniforms, which can flip between a black base with gold trim or an all-gold design, represent the next step in what has been a long process of getting an Amateur Athletic Union team off the ground in Shelby. They make this feel real to them, said Danny Sander Jr., coach of the 4th-grade AAU team. To me this has been real since we had that first meeting in the fall, but for them I think this makes it real.
“‘You make me feel so empowered.’”
It’s rewarding every time Brittany Scott hears this phrase from one of her clients after a workout to rebuild connections between their minds and bodies.
How the Marine Corps Gave Leon Spinks His Shot at Greatness
FILE- In this Feb. 15, 1978, file photo, the fist of challenger Leon Spinks flattens the nose of heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali during their title fight at Las Vegas. Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. died Friday night, Feb. 5, 2021, after battling prostate and other cancers. He was 67. (AP Photo/File)
8 Feb 2021
Former heavyweight boxing champion and Olympic gold medalist Leon Spinks joined the Marines as a pathway out of poverty, and the Corps sports program made him a champion.
Spinks died this weekend at the age of 67. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was the oldest of seven children. Beset by asthma as a child, he started boxing at age 13 at the city s 12th and Park Center as part of a program to take kids off the streets.