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  2. List of Filipino Americans - Wikipedia

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    Legaci – Filipino-American R&B band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California, formed in 1997. They are currently the backup singers for Canadian Pop-R&B singer Justin Bieber on the My World Tour. Q-York – Filipino-American hip hop record production duo composed of Flava Matikz (DJ/producer) and Knowa Lazarus (songwriter/MC).

  3. History of Filipino Americans - Wikipedia

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    1974, Benjamin Menor appointed first Filipino American in a state's highest judiciary office as Justice of the Hawaii State Supreme Court. [115] Thelma Buchholdt is the first Filipino American, and first Asian American, woman elected to a state legislature in the United States, in the Alaska House of Representatives. [116] [117]

  4. Filipino Americans - Wikipedia

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    The term Filipino American is sometimes shortened to Fil-Am [18] or Pinoy. [19] Another term which has been used is Philippine Americans. [20] The earliest appearance of the term Pinoy (feminine Pinay), was in a 1926 issue of the Filipino Student Bulletin. [21]

  5. Category:Filipino-American culture - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Filipino-American culture" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alaskeros; D.

  6. Filipino American dance - Wikipedia

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    The program was often dictated in both English and Tagalog to appease to the bilingual crowd the event drew in. Often folkloric dances were featured where students explored fashion and transnationalism within the context of Filipino American identity. Skits presented within the program had a tendency to draw comparisons to the experiences of ...

  7. Demographics of Filipino Americans - Wikipedia

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    Due to the significant increase of Indian Americans, Filipino Americans became the third-largest Asian American ethnicity in the United States. [5] Filipino Americans who only listed Filipino alone, increased their population by 20.4% to 3,076,108, being the third largest Asian alone ethnicities behind Indian Americans, and Chinese Americans.

  8. Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The burgeoning Little Manila centered on 1st Avenue and 14th Street, around which there were, at the peak, a number of grocery and video-rental stores and Filipino restaurants within a few blocks of one another. Filipino American community relations were strengthened by local Roman Catholic churches in the East Village and Gramercy Park areas ...

  9. 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]