Filipino American History month

We are just over halfway through Filipino American History month.

The month is being marked by a number of different organizations, including:

• Filipino American National Historical Society – This year, the theme is the 70 years since the US-Philippines Military Bases Agreement, which “provided for continuation of the imperial relationship between the United States and the Philippines, and the proud service and settlement of thousands of Filipinos who were enlisted in the US military, particularly US Navy sailors.”In previous years, this month has been the occasion for the organization to write about:
  • The Significance of 1946 for Filipina/o Americans (spoiler alert: the independence of the Philippines was granted on July 4, 1946, and the same year brought access to naturalization for the Filipina/o American community and ended Filipino exclusion);
  • The Immigration and Naturalization act of 1965, of which “The Philippines, after Mexico, has been the largest beneficiary”
  • The making of the History Month resolution, which can be read here.(note that as I write this their website is down, so all the above links go to the cached version of their website)
• Filipino American History Month on Facebook, which is posting daily information about relevant history and events (museum exhibitions, talks, publications, etc)
• University of California Press observed the month on its blog, with information about Filipino-Americans in California and Hawaii, and particularly their involvement in (and leadership of) labor movements
• Unrelated to the occasion, here’s a list of the best Filipino restaurants in LA

For further reading, see the following books, all in Langson:

• Little Manila is in the heart : the making of the Filipina/o American community in Stockton, California / Dawn Bohulano Mabalon (2013)F870.F4 M33 2013
• Creating masculinity in Los Angeles’s Little Manila : working-class Filipinos and popular culture, 1920s-1950s / Linda España-MaramHD8085.L73 E86 2006
• Common destiny : Filipino American generations / Juanita Tamayo LottE184.F4 L68 2006
• Re-positioning ethos : rhetorics of hybridity and the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) / by Terese Guinsatao MonbergE184.F4 M66 2002a  (a thesis from RPI)
• Filipino reporter : New York/Manila newsweekly (online)
• Faith, family, and Filipino American community lifeBX1407  (online)