Palama Settlement is a nonprofit social service agency located in

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that was established in 1896. It currently serves the

Kalihi Kalihi is a neighborhood of Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi, United States. Split by the Likelike Highway (Route 63), it is flanked by downtown Honolulu to the east and Mapunapuna, Moanalua and Salt Lake to the west. Kalihi is th ...

and Kāpalama neighborhoods of Honolulu.

History

In September 1941, Palama hosted future baseball star

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when he was playing professional football for the Honolulu Bears, as he was not allowed to stay at regular hotels with his white teammates.

References

External links

* * The Progressive Era and Hawai'i: The Early History of Palama Settlement, 1896—1929, by Warren S. Nishimoto, ''Hawaiian Journal of History'', https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/5014399.pdf {{Hawaii-stub Non-profit organizations Humanitarian aid organizations Pre-statehood history of Hawaii Republic of Hawaii