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Nicole Garcia

Nicole Garcia is the director of the Honokaʻa Heritage Center in Hawaiʻi, where she specializes in historical-preservation programs and amplifying underrepresented voices.

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The ‘Undesirables’

Beginning in the McCarthy era, more than 30,000 men and women were kicked out of the military on charges of homosexuality. Among them was Helen Grace James, who some six decades later began the fight for an honorable discharge for herself—and other affected veterans.