Hawaiian Nationalism Growing

The upcoming 100th anniversary of the annexation of Hawaii will likely be celebrated with a tidal wave of Hawaiian nationalism, says historian Tennant McWilliams, Ph.D., dean of the UAB School of Social and Behavioral Sciences. ìItís the anniversary of the U.S. basically stealing Hawaii and subjugating its people. This anniversary has sparked a growing movement among native people similar to the one lead by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and itís making white government and Hawaiian-based corporate leaders nervous.î McWilliams is an expert in U.S. political expansion, which in this case cost Hawaiians their civil rights and one descending Southern politician his career. He will discuss the anniversary at the American Society for Historians of Foreign Relations conference June 26 at Princeton University. Call Deborah Lucas, Media Relations, 934-8946.