On this day, September 9th in 1924,
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The Hanapepe Massacre occurred in Kaua'i, Hawaii when police shot and killed 16 Filipino sugar plantation workers on strike. Throughout the 1920's, sugar plantation owners in Hawaii took great pains to prevent labor unions. In spite those repressive efforts, Filipino labor activist Pablo Manlapit organized a new Filipino Higher Wage Movement, which attracted about 13,000 laborers. This Movement called a strike in Kaua'i in April 1924, and they demanded a raise in
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