Filipino Forum
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- Nov 15, 1928Should Seattle Have a Filipino Labor Commissioner?A 1923 community-paper debate pits a call for Filipino labor representation against a columnist who says the workers should simply go home.20 Maynard Ave, Seattle, WA
- Jan 15, 1929The Filipino Answer to a Labor Organizer’s Exclusion DemandIn 1929, Seattle’s Filipino Forum took on the Central Labor Council’s campaign to bar Filipino workers—and dismantled the racist case line by line.Seattle, WA
- Feb 28, 1929A Filipino Commissioner Fires Back at the Johnson BillSeattle's Filipino community, facing a federal bill to exclude them from the mainland, hears Commissioner Pedro Guevara argue that America owes the Philippines independence before it owes it exclusion.Seattle, WA
- Feb 28, 1929Ninety-Eight More Arrive — and Some Already Regret ItThe Filipino Forum asks whether anything can stop the stream of young Filipinos crossing the Pacific for Seattle, even as new arrivals discover the hardship the papers warned them about.Seattle, WA