FAL - Interactive Filipino American
Chronology & Timeline with related collection items

16th - 19th Century	1587 Filipinos land in Morro Bay, California
	16th - early 19th Century: Manila Galleons
Manila BaYou: Filipinos of Louisiana (video clip)	Louisiana's "Manilamen" jumped Spanish ships and founded their own village.
Filipino Americans: Discovering Their Past for the Future	Video on Filpino American history up to WWII. The Library has a VHS copy. Produced by the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS)
20th Century	1898 Spanish American War The Philippine History Site Film Footage from the Philippine American War (Quicktime/RealPlayer)
	Early Images of Filipinos in America - External Collections (courtesy of Eloisa Borah)
1900-1920s	1906 The SAKADAS -First 15 Filipino Labor recruits Arrive in Hawaii 1928 - Daguhoy Lodge Established in Stockton as the 1st in the United States formed under Legionarios Del Trabajo.
Listen to an audio clip from book (CD version) America's in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan	Labor migration to Hawaii & California - Various Books and materials of early immigration are in the FAL collection. Perhaps the most well know is "America is in the Heart" (this particular biographical/novel is also available in CD audio format)
Alaskan Canneries Video Oral Histories	1924 Filipino labor activism, Pablo Manlapit, & Carl Damaso
	Pedro Flores brought the Yo-Yo to America and had a factory in Los Angeles in the 1920's. He sold the Yo-Yo to Duncan (a genuine Flores Yo-Yo can fetch over $800 on ebay)
Los Angeles Filipino Community History	"A Filipino in America" - A 1938 Silent B&W Film by Doroteo Ines for his Cinematography Masters Project at USC (one of the earliest done by a Filipino American) was restored and is available at the Library in VHS format.
1930s	Race Riots Fermin Tobera is shot dead in his Watsonville bunkhouse
Welcome to America - "Positively No Filipinos Allowed"	1934 Tydings-McDuffie Act: Immigration Restriction
World War II An Untold Triumph (DVD)	1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments The GREAT RAID (DVD) Bataan Rescue (PBS)
	Filipino War Brides arrive in America
	Sakada '46: Post World War II Labor Recruitment to Hawaii (Video)
FAL and UCLA hosted a 1940's Photo Exhibit "Through My Father's Eyes" - A traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian Institue.	Fowler Museum at UCLA exhibit held June 6 August 1, 2004
1965 Immigration	1965 Immigration Act and the new Filipino American immigrants Empire of Care by Catherine Ceniza
Philip Vera Cruz: A Personal History of Filipino Immigrants and the Farmworkers Movement	Filipinos - Forgotten Heroes of the UFW (video) Larry Itliong and Manongs on Strike September 8, 1965 - the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO (AWOC) - led by Filipino leaders like Larry Itliong, Philip Vera Cruz and Pete Velasco- voted to initiate the historic GRAPE strike which led to the formation of the United Farmworkers (UFW). Eight days later the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) - led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta - voted to join the GRAPE stirke on September 16, 1965 with the Filipinos of AWOC.
1970s - 1980s	Filipino American Activism & the U.S. Anti-Martial Law Movement - Mp3 Podcast by Prof. August Espiritu at UCLA F/Pilipino People's Far West Conventions (FWC) and (pdf) FWC 1971-1985 timeline (pdf)
Triumph Over Marcos by Thomas Churchill	Murder of Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP) Activists & Union Leaders (Video)
2006 Smithsonian Institute Celebration	Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) Founded in 1982 by Fred & Dorothy Cordova
got books? Auntie Helen's Gift of Books - A UCLA Ethnocommunications Short Documentary DVD by Florante Peter Ibanez, MLIS, MA	Click for Video Auntie Helen Brown creates the Philippine American Reading Room and Library (PARRAL) in 1985 - later renamed as the Filipino American Library (FAL)
Website	National Federation of Filipino American Associations (NAFFAA) Founded in 1997
Contemporary Filipino America I am Today's Filipino - Photo / Video Exhibit 2006 Los Angeles, CA	The DEBUT on DVD Memories of Philippine Kitchens
Singalot: The Ties That Bind Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit	FLIPSIDE the Book (Sorry no video)
Filipino American Hostory Month Celebration at CSU Dominguez Hills 2010 Fil-Am WWII Veterans Video Excerpt from "Broken Promises" This interactive Timeline is a collaboration of many people. Special thanks to: Asian American Studies at CSUS and especially Eloisa Borah, UCLA Librarian.	Lumpia - The Movie - The Concert is available in the Library in DVD Filipino Librarian - BLOG Link - From the Philippines revised 12/21/2011 fpi