The Filipino Forum
Named in 5 stories. Back to all names
- Dec 15, 1928Seattle’s Forgotten Filipino Poets—and the Prejudice They Turned into VerseA 1928 Filipino Forum essay introduces Narciso Ines and a circle of Northwest poets writing beauty and protest from the margins of Seattle life.University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Jan 15, 1929Seattle's Filipino Editors Draw a Line: Restrict Us If You Must — But Never Shut Us OutAs agitation builds in Congress to bar Filipinos from the mainland, the editors of Seattle's Filipino Forum weigh the Johnson bill and conclude that a quota, however bitter, is preferable to outright exclusion — which they call an imperialist injustice.308 King St., Seattle, WA
- Jan 15, 1929“Close Your Gates to Us — But Give Us Independence First”A Filipino student in Seattle goes before the Labor Union's legislative committee to head off an exclusion bill, and finds the union men surprisingly reasonable — because independence, he argues, gives them exactly what they want anyway.Seattle, WA
- Feb 15, 1929The Filipino Community That Organized Like Fireworks and Vanished Like SmokeSeattle's Filipino editor calls out a pattern of flashy associations that burn bright, elect officers before the election, and leave nothing behind but speeches.508 King St, Seattle, WA
- Mar 15, 1929A Filipino Editor Fires Back at Arthur Brisbane Over Philippine IndependenceWhen the great American columnist claimed Filipinos had abandoned their fight for freedom over a sugar tariff, the Filipino Forum answered: courtesy to a departing governor is not surrender.Seattle, WA