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Larry Itliong of the predominantly Pilipino Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC).

College Celebrates its Second Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
by Francis Tanglao-Aguas

In the beginning—God created man//

And the plan was to place//

All the land in his hands//

But he got a little taste//

Of his hegemonic state, insatiable sensate//

He began to contemplate//

With the advent of race, came the advent of hate//

You understand? It was our land he began to take//

Our mothers he began to rape//

Objects to be coveted//

Manifest Destiny—the new Covenant//

Hypocrisy of democracy’s sophistry’s//

The Great Unknown and the Unknown Great: GRIDIRON PIONEER: Art Matsu, a Multi-racial Nikkei, Broke Ground
From the Nichi Bei Times Weekly April 5, 2007

In this Nichi Bei Times exclusive, Dr. Greg Robinson, author of “By the Order of the President: FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans,” examines little-known but prominent Japanese Americans. (Thanks to Dr. Anne Charity Hudley for sending me this link.)

By GREG ROBINSON
Nichi Bei Times Contributor

From the Nichi Bei Times Weekly April 5, 2007   In this Nichi Bei Times exclusive, Dr. Greg Robinson, author of “By the Order of the President: FDR and the Internment of Japanese Americans,” examines little-known but prominent Japanese Americans.

By GREG ROBINSON
Nichi Bei Times Contributor

Francis Tanglao-Aguas, an assistant professor at William and Mary, wrote the award winning play "When the Purple Settles." It will make its American debut on February 26, 2009, at Phi Beta Kappa Hall.

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In this video:

Abhay Ahluwalia, Alice Wang, Bernadette Sy, Chelsea Reba, Chloe Lewis, Derik Kim, Eddy Hong, Ellie Terrell, Francesca C, Francis Tanglao-Aguas (videos), Genice Phillips, Jasper Ul, Kalyani Phansalkar, Katelin Lee, Michael Paik, Monica Ariana, Monika Bernotas, Stephanie Demaree

‘Purple’ brings professor’s story to W&M stage
By Erin Zagursky

by David Nicholson, Daily Press, February 8, 2009