During the week of Sept. 18-23, several events were held to commemorate the heroic life and tragic death of Japanese immigrant Katsu Goto. The week’s events were part of University of Hawai‘i at Hilo Assistant Professor of English Patsy Iwasaki's mission to keep alive the story of Goto through several venues including a book, documentary film, and community gatherings. Goto was a Japanese immigrant laborer in Honoka‘a on Hawai‘i Island who was murdered in 1889 for his advocacy of Japanese plantation workers’ rights.

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