Positively Filipino’s Timeline: Filipino American History

Positively Filipino’s Timeline: Filipino American History

Here’s a quick look at the chronology of Filipino American history and historic breakthroughs.

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The Stories Behind ‘Searching for Maura’ of the Smithsonian’s Racial Brain Collection

The Stories Behind ‘Searching for Maura’ of the Smithsonian’s Racial Brain Collection

Maura’s is one of the four brains of Filipinos believed to have been unethically acquired during the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Why We Should Know the Story of Filipino-American Larry Itliong

Why We Should Know the Story of Filipino-American Larry Itliong

Author Gayle Romasanta is on a crusade to recover the farm worker’s story, empowering young leaders to follow in his footsteps.

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Fact-Checking the History of San Francisco’s Manilatown

Fact-Checking the History of San Francisco’s Manilatown

And in an age of misinformation, Filipino Americans need to be vigilant in spotting unreliable and confusing reportage about their history.

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Storytellers of the Pajaro Valley

Storytellers of the Pajaro Valley

A dedicated band of young researchers try to uncover and preserve untold stories of the Filipino farm labor community of the Pajaro Valley in California.

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The Life and Times of My Father, Ponce Cazem

The Life and Times of My Father, Ponce Cazem

The writer recalls the life of his father, Ponce Cazem, chauffeur to Hollywood stars, and brave Staff Sgt. with 1st Filipino Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Company B.

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Fermin Tobera: From Historical Footnote to the Big Picture

Fermin Tobera: From Historical Footnote to the Big Picture

A mural will honor Fermin Tobera, the lone fatality the 1930 Watsonville anti-Filipino race riots.

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Freedom From Want: The Ghost of Carlos Bulosan

Freedom From Want: The Ghost of Carlos Bulosan

See what Carlos Bulosan wrote for the Saturday Evening Post, which commissioned him to write an essay on one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms.”

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Little Manila at the Break of Dawn

Little Manila at the Break of Dawn

Why you should come and visit Stockton’s Little Manila, especially on June 22, 2019.

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It Takes A Pilgrimage

It Takes A Pilgrimage

Doing research in Delano, California for an art installation, artist France Viana learns about the most valuable crop planted by Filipino farm workers of old.

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