An unfamiliar episode in U.S.-Philippine history happened between 1920s and 1930s. It was a time when so-called “Filipino boys” worked aboard the Princeton Pullman train as cooks, servers, and did all sorts of menial jobs. A blog by April Armstrong entitled “The Princeton Pullman’s ‘Filipino Boys’” is published at the Princeton University website under the […]
By Cristina DC Pastor During the Marcos Dictatorship, the Aquino family was hardly covered by the media because much of the media at the time was controlled by the government. We at WHO magazine (of the Hans Menzi Bulletin publishing family) decided we wanted to talk to them. I was given the assignment to interview […]
Co-Presidents Noel Aglubat: “Much of our experience is unrecorded in the Metro NY area. I believe FANHS MNY has the capability to become their platform to share that history and archive that knowledge. I also believe in turning our website into a resource for our community, a place where future generations can turn to and learn […]
The untold story of Filipino World War II veterans remains a dark chapter in U.S. history for as long as the 1946 Rescission Act remains in the books. The legislation reduced the obligation of the U.S. government to take care of its Filipino war veterans. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, then Resident Commissioner of the Philippines, […]
“Empire’s Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper” tells the life of a Filipina actress and her five-year romance with a venerated war hero. The author, Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez, follows the mestiza beauty from the Philippines to Washington, D.C. to Hollywood, where she died penniless. Cooper is depicted not as a tragic heroine, but as someone caught […]
The Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies, UC Berkeley PASS, and UC Davis Bridge are excited to announce the second research conference, set for May 28-29, 2021. Held virtually, this conference continues the first conference’s conversations and dialogues around Filipino Studies’ legacy and scholar activism. Students, community organizers, professionals, and community members are invited to submit […]
A ceremony commemorating the 56th death anniversary of Joaquin Miguel Elizalde, the first Philippine Ambassador to the United States (1946-1952), was held on February 9. At exactly 12 noon, a small group gathered around Elizalde’s gravestone at the cemetery at St. Joseph-on-Carrollton Manor Catholic Church. A special prayer, led by Fr. Kevin Farmer, was dedicated to Elizalde, and his […]
“Invisible History: Growing Up Colored in Cape Charles, Virginia” is a memoir about Tom Godwin, the grandson of a slave, who grew up in Cape Charles, Virginia during the Jim Crow racist era. Written by Metty Vargas Pellicer, a retired doctor, the memoir details the life of Godwin who became the first elected Black member […]
By Peter Jamero The fourth of five children of Leon and Camila Carido, Gloria was born on February 23, 1941 in Stockton CA. Like many Filipino babies of the times, she was delivered at home by a midwife. Her father, who immigrated from Bohol, Philippines during the 1920s, worked in the rich agricultural fields around Stockton. Her […]