Some Not Very Well Known Facts About Rizal’s Trial and Execution

Some Not Very Well Known Facts About Rizal’s Trial and Execution

The Spanish authorities buried Dr. Jose Rizal without a coffin, and other facts you may not have known.

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Ten Thousand Stories in Chicago’s The Field Museum

Ten Thousand Stories in Chicago’s The Field Museum

The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago subverts the “bad reasons” for its extensive collections of artifacts from other cultures.

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A Bookstore of Filipino Aspirations

A Bookstore of Filipino Aspirations

National Artist for Literature F. Sionil Jose Turns 90
A bookstore that’s a corridor to the past.

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Gemelli Carreri, An Italian in Manila, 1696

Gemelli Carreri, An Italian in Manila, 1696

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

Before Elorde and Pacquiao, There Was Luis Logan

When boxing and perfumes mixed--the untold story of a most uncommon Filipino boxing champ, Luis Logan.

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Fil-Am Pinays and the "Filipino Sports Parade"

Fil-Am Pinays and the "Filipino Sports Parade"

A Filipino American recalls her role in the filming of a long-forgotten movie when she was only 15 years old.

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The Boogie Woogie Boys

The Boogie Woogie Boys

All-Filipino WWII Fighting Units in the U.S. Armed Forces remember Bataan.

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A People With Two Navels

A People With Two Navels

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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My Manila Movie Memories

My Manila Movie Memories

Recalling favorite movie haunts in postwar Manila.

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The War Brides

The War Brides

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.

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