Gemelli Carreri, An Italian in Manila, 1696
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A 17th century traveler visits Manila and records his observations in a bestseller.
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Before Elorde and Pacquiao, There Was Luis Logan
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When boxing and perfumes mixed--the untold story of a most uncommon Filipino boxing champ, Luis Logan.
Read MoreFil-Am Pinays and the "Filipino Sports Parade"
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A Filipino American recalls her role in the filming of a long-forgotten movie when she was only 15 years old.
Read MoreThe Boogie Woogie Boys
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All-Filipino WWII Fighting Units in the U.S. Armed Forces remember Bataan.
Read MoreA People With Two Navels
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Book Review: The Third Asiatic Invasion: Empire and Migration in Filipino America, 1898-1946 by Rick Baldoz (2011)
Filipino American history as part of a people’s history of the United States.
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The War Brides
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The Second Wave of Filipino immigration to the United States came between 1946 to 1953, when Filipino servicemen brought their brides to live in the country they fought for in WWII.
Read MoreAugust 21 Stories
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August 21, 1983 will be forever remembered as the day Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr. was assassinated. But something else happened on August 21 twelve years prior to Ninoy's martyrdom -- the Plaza Miranda bombing in 1971.
Read MoreThe Yoyo: A Story of Downs and Ups
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The story of how a group of Filipinos started the yoyo craze in the U.S. back in the 1930s.
Read MoreThe "Oldest" Filipino Film?
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A film history buff’s rigorous sleuthing reveals the truth about “Luzon Lingerie.”
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