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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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Asian American Popular Culture, Module 7
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Kristi Yamaguchi
At the 1992 winter Olympics, Japanese American figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi became the first Asian American in history to bring the United States an Olympic gold in skating. Her achievement was still not immune from racist American sportswriting back home.
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Asian American Popular Culture, Module 7
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Sunisa Lee
Gymnast Sunisa Lee, the first Hmong American to compete in the Olympic Games. Her six Olympic medals include two golds: the 2020 individual all-around and the 2024 Team competition.
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Asian American Popular Culture, Module 7
