Hawaii Displays Historic Photos of MLK Jr. Wearing Flower Lei During Alabama Voting Rights March

Hawaii displays historic photos of MLK Jr. wearing flower lei during Alabama voting rights march

Photographs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. adorned with flower lei from Hawaii residents who traveled to Selma, Alabama, to join him on a pivotal Civil Rights march went on public display in the state Capitol in Honolulu.

Letter: Glenn Izutsu marched in Selma for UH, Hawaii | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Among the five delegates from Hawaii to the historic Selma-Montgomery civil rights march in 1965 was Glenn Izutsu, then-president of the University of Hawaii student government, ASUH (“Photo exhibit shares Hawaii’s role in 1965 Selma-Montgomery march,” Star-Advertiser, July 1). His participation was not a simple nor uncontroversial decision. After an emotional and often heated debate, the ASUH Senate voted to appropriate student funds to send Gl…