(1917-02-21)February 21, 1917 Pauoa Valley, Oahu, Hawaii
Died
September 10, 1997(1997-09-10) (aged 80) Honolulu, Hawaii
Education
List
President William McKinley High School
University of Hawaii
1934–1937
Undergraduate
H.H.D. 1980
Illinois Wesleyan University
A.B. 1939
Chicago Theological Seminary
B.D. 1943
H.D.D. 1958
Spouse
Mary Louise Jeffrey
Children
5
Parent(s)
Anuenue Akaka Kahikina Akaka
Church
Kawaiahaʻo
Ordained
1944
Congregations served
List
(1945–1954) Maui
Waihe'e Church
Ka'ahumanu Church
Kahului Union Church
Waikapu Church
Keawalai Church
(1954–1957) Hilo
Haili Church
(1957–1984) Honolulu
Kawaiahaʻo Church
(1984-Death)
The Rev. Akaka Ministries Foundation
Offices held
List
Chairman, Hawaii Advisory Committee of the U.S. Civil Rights
President, Hawaii Conference of the United Church of Christ
Regent, University of Hawaii
Corporate member, United Church Board of World Ministries
Title
Kahu (shepherd), Reverend
Abraham Kahikina Akaka (February 21, 1917 – September 10, 1997) was an American clergyman. For 27 years, Rev. Akaka was Kahu (shepherd) of Kawaiahaʻo Church in Honolulu, Hawaii. His mother was of Hawaiian ancestry, and his father was of Hawaiian and Chinese ancestry. He delivered his messages in both the Hawaiian and English languages.
Abraham Kahikina Akaka (February 21, 1917 – September 10, 1997) was an American clergyman. For 27 years, Rev. Akaka was Kahu (shepherd) of Kawaiahaʻo...
Daniel Kahikina Akaka (/əˈkɑːkə/; September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician who served as a United States Senator from...
the King and Queen of Aloha Week in 1961. Upon her death, the Rev. AbrahamAkaka eulogized her as, "a racial rainbow of colors imbued and accepted in...
escort, traveled in procession across town to Waikiki Beach. Reverend AbrahamAkaka, the pastor of Kawaiahao Church, performed the service. A group of beach...
change campaign encourages community members to conserve resources. AbrahamAkaka, civil rights activist, humanitarian, three decades as shepherd of Kawaiahaʻo...
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around the world, Hawaiian chants, and remarks by the late Reverend AbrahamAkaka and kumu hula John Lake. Lee's films include Papakolea – Story of Hawaiian...
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at sea, while a band played his songs. On December 8, 1966, Pastor AbrahamAkaka presided over a memorial service at Kawaiahaʻo Church. Honolulu's mayor...
Kawaiahaʻo Church, from January 1940 until the January 1957 installation of AbrahamAkaka. He was an integral part of the University of Hawaii's early 20th century...
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history into the narrative, specifically in downtown Honolulu where Rev. AbrahamAkaka had made recordings that could be heard at Kawaiahao Church. One of...
divorce. Later in 2015, Gabbard married freelance cinematographer and editor Abraham Williams, the son of her Honolulu office manager, in a traditional Vedic...
State of Hawaiʻi introduced the Native Hawaiian Federal Recognition Bill (Akaka bill), an attempt to recognize and form a Native Hawaiian government entity...
1807–1857 George Aiken 1941–1975 3 Vermont Republican 1892–1984 Daniel Akaka 1990–2013 1 Hawaii Democratic 1924–2018 James L. Alcorn 1871–1877 2 Mississippi...
Party–state Article One vote Article Two vote Spencer Abraham R–MI Guilty Guilty Daniel Akaka D–HI Not guilty Not guilty Wayne Allard R–CO Guilty Guilty...
pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, in 2012, and former U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka in 2018. During funeral rites of civil rights icon Rosa Parks in Detroit...
senators from the states of Delaware (William Roth), Michigan (Spencer Abraham) and Washington (Slade Gorton), all of whom lost re-election in 2000. January...
Pennsylvania 11: Frank Harrison lost to challenger Paul Kanjorski. Texas 23: Abraham Kazen lost to challenger Albert Bustamante. There were three special elections...
Ed Jenkins (D) ▌10. Doug Barnard Jr. (D) ▌1. Cecil Heftel (D) ▌2. Daniel Akaka (D) ▌1. Steve Symms (R) ▌2. George V. Hansen (R) ▌1. Ralph Metcalfe (D)...
Commission eventually dismissed the allegations. Democratic incumbent Daniel Akaka was first appointed to this seat April 1990 after the death of senator Spark...
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