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  2. History of Filipino Americans - Wikipedia

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    2009, Filipino American History Month is recognized in California. [154] Steve Austria becomes "the first, first-generation Filipino to be elected to the United States Congress." [129] [155] Mona Pasquil becomes first Filipino American, and first Asian American, lieutenant governor of California. [156]

  3. Filipino American History Month - Wikipedia

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    In California and Hawaii, where many Filipino Americans reside, [4] Filipino American History Month is celebrated annually. [5] Many Filipino American organizations in these states often initiate their own independent celebrations. 2006 was a pivotal year as it marked the centennial celebration of Filipino migration to the United States. [6] [7]

  4. First landing of Filipinos in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 1587 event marks the first documented instance of Asians in what is now California, [33] or anywhere in what is now the United States, [4] [34] North America, [35] the Americas. [36] The landing of the first Filipinos at Morro Bay, which occurred 33 years before the events at Plymouth Rock, [b] is often overlooked, even by Filipino ...

  5. Category:Filipino-American culture in California - Wikipedia

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    California politicians of Filipino descent (13 P) Pages in category "Filipino-American culture in California" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total.

  6. Alaskeros - Wikipedia

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    In 1953, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of union member Ernesto Mangaoang, who was jailed along with 30 other Alaskeros over communist implications, and established residency rights for thousands of Filipino Americans who entered the U.S. before the Philippines gained their independence in 1946.

  7. Larry Itliong, Filipino American leader in the labor movement ...

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    Californians are honoring the influential Filipino American labor rights leader Larry Itliong, who organized strikes and built coalitions between farmworkers alongside César Chávez and Dolores ...

  8. 88% of Asian Americans in California plan to vote, but half ...

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    Fifty-one percent of Asian American voters in California said they didn’t hear from the Democratic Party, while 59% said they were not contacted by the Republican Party, according to the survey.

  9. Dawn Mabalon - Wikipedia

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    Dawn Bohulano Mabalon (August 17, 1972 – August 10, 2018) was an American academic who worked on documenting the history of Filipino Americans.Mabalon was born in Stockton, and earned her doctoral degree from Stanford University; she later taught at San Francisco State University. [1]