1961 was NOT a civil rights year folks ... not in America ... not in Hawaii
Another mother giving birth that weekend at Kapi’olani does remember the only black baby in the nursery.
Swede provides ‘proof’ in Obama birth debate
A Swedish woman, Monica Danielsson, 78, may have provided the last piece in the puzzle on where U.S. president Barack Obama was born, when CNN recently went to Hawaii finally lay the matter to rest.
http://www.thelocal.se/33472/20110429/
There's little more ephemeral than water cooler talk, and the fact that you can't find someone who remembers a specific idle conversation from 50 years ago isn't surprising. Again, a lack of evidence is not evidence of a lack.