Anyway, I think we should look for another Hawaii document, from that period, that lists “African” under the heading “race” rather than “Negro” or “Black” or “Colored” or any of the other terms that would be a bit more common.
Somehow, I just don't think the term “African” was in common usage, as applies to “race” -—
Yes, it's one of the many incosistancies in Obama's COLB.