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Illustration of Mariano Gómes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora
Mariano Gómes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora were three local priests publicly executed by Spanish colonial authorities for their alleged connection to the Cavite Mutiny. Their execution is widely recognized as a key event leading up to the Philippine Revolution.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 3
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Pan-American Exposition Booth
Philippine Islands exhibit on display at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 3
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Ruby Ibarra Jacket
Philippine-born rapper Ruby Ibarra wore this jacket that features lyrics from “Us,” a song honoring the central role that women play in Filipino and Filipino American culture. Also featured on the track are Filipina rappers Rocky Rivera and Klassy and poet Faith Santilla.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 7
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Nurses Cap
Maria Jayme received this nurse’s cap during her graduation capping ceremony. In 1994, she immigrated to the United States and worked as a registered nurse in Florida. Between 1965 and 1988, more than seventy thousand foreign nurses came to the United States.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 6
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United Farm Workers Lapel Pin
The pin features the initials of two labor unions involved in the creation of the United Farm Workers: the Filipino-led Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee and the Mexican-led National Farm Workers Association. The union initiated a nationwide grape boycott to pressure growers to improve wages and working conditions.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 5
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1st Filipino Infantry Regiment Patch
This is the shoulder sleeve insignia worn by members of the First Filipino Infantry Regiment, a US military unit primarily composed of Filipino Americans, 1942—1952. “Insignia,” National Museum of American History, AF.61624M.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 4
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Homemade Filipino Gun
During the US-Philippine War (1899—1913), Filipino soldiers resorted to making their own firearms and ammunition. This homemade rifle dates to 1900. “Homemade Filipino Gun,” National Museum of American History, AF.NM367.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 3
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“Negrito Boy”
Drawings from the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. The following are drawings by Smithsonian naturalists of Filipinos.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 2
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“Manilla Costumes”
Drawings from the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. The following are drawings by Smithsonian naturalists of Filipinos.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 2
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“Native of Luzon”
Drawings from the United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. The following are drawings by Smithsonian naturalists of Filipinos.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 2
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Atlas of the Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition
This map of the Straits of Basillan and Islands was included in Charles Wilkes’ “The Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition.”
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 2
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“We Are the Children”
Listen to a sample from Chris Iijima, Nobuko Miyamoyo, and Charlie Chin’s A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America (New Paredon Records, 1973), PAR01020. This was an album that expressed the political and cultural values of the Asian American Movement.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 1
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International Day of Protest: September 21, 1985
This 1985 International Day of Protest against the US-Marcos dictatorship was organized by a coalition of several international student groups on the anniversary of Marcos’ declaration of martial law.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 1
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Diary entries from Angeles Monrayo’s Tomorrow’s Memories Page 17
Read the first few entries of Angeles Monrayo’s diary, published in Tomorrow’s Memories: A Diary, edited by Rizaline R. Raymundo (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003), pp. 15-17.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 1
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Diary entries from Angeles Monrayo’s Tomorrow’s Memories Page 16
Read the first few entries of Angeles Monrayo’s diary, published in Tomorrow’s Memories: A Diary, edited by Rizaline R. Raymundo (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003), pp. 15-17.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 1
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Diary entries from Angeles Monrayo’s Tomorrow’s Memories Page 15
Read the first few entries of Angeles Monrayo’s diary, published in Tomorrow’s Memories: A Diary, edited by Rizaline R. Raymundo (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003), pp. 15-17.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 1
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Illustration of Saint Malo, Louisiana
Drawings of the first permanent Asian settlement in the Americas, circa 1883. The illustrations included in this article are rare depictions of an Asian Pacific American community outside of more familiar locations such as the Chinatowns of New York and San Francisco.
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 1
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Census Data on Filipino Population, 1910 to 2020
US Census data on Filipino populations in Hawaiʻi combined with Filipino populations on the continental United States. (Source: 2002 US Census)
Featured in:
Filipinx American Histories, Module 1
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Alysa Liu
In 2026 UCLA Bruin Alysa Liu won two Olympic gold medals at the Milano Cortina games, becoming the first female American figure skater to win an individual gold in twenty-four years.
Featured in:
Asian American Popular Culture, Module 7
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Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan, the most decorated figure skater in US history, performing her signature spiral at a 2002 practice session in Los Angeles, California. She has called Yamaguchi her skating role model.
Featured in:
Asian American Popular Culture, Module 7
