Grant Kagawa
Grant Kagawa is an undergraduate at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is nearly finished with his BA in History and upon graduation hopes to attend graduate school in his home state of Hawaii where he hopes to become a professor of history. His greatest focus is in US immigration history which includes the study of immigration patterns from Africa. In addition to his focus in US immigration, he also is interested in sports history and hopes to incorporate the two subjects in his career.
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John Thomas Biggers (1924-2001)
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Zina Garrison (1963- )
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Mary Lucinda Dawson (1894-1962)
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Walter Mosley (1952- )
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Gloria Naylor (1950-2016)
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Russell Simmons (1957– )
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Tony Brown (1933- )
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