Guide to the Filipino protest collection CEMA 173
Originally processed by Mari Khasmanyan, 2016. Supplemental materials processed by Mari Khasmanyan and Natalia Gonzalez, 2018.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Title: The Filipino protest collection
Identifier/Call Number: CEMA 173
Physical Description:
0.209 Linear Feet
one half-size document box
Date (bulk): 1974-1986
Abstract: This small collection consists of social and political documentation regarding the Philippines and Filipino Americans from
1974-1986. Many of the political documents are in relation to the Anti-Martial Law movement formed in protest towards Philippine
President Ferdinand Marcos, and were printed for a 1976 demonstration in Los Angeles, California. Additional documents include
pamphlets and informational literature on raising social awareness of the discrimination that Filipinas and Filipinos face
in the health care industry. The health care related materials oppose licensing exams, permits, and other forms of racist
literature printed in order to become a Registered Nurse.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Language of Material: The collection is in English and Tagalog.
The collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], The Filipino protest collection, CEMA 173. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Library purchase, 2015.
Originally processed by Mari Khasmanyan, 2016. Supplemental materials processed by Mari Khasmanyan and Natalia Gonzalez, 2018.
This small collection consists of social and political documentation regarding the Philippines and Filipino Americans from
1974-1986. Many of the political documents are in relation to the Anti-Martial Law movement formed in protest towards Philippine
President Ferdinand Marcos, and were printed for a 1976 demonstration in Los Angeles, California. Additional documents include
pamphlets and informational literature on raising social awareness of the discrimination that Filipinas and Filipinos face
in the health care industry. The health care related materials oppose licensing exams, permits, and other forms of racist
literature printed in order to become a Registered Nurse.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Filipino Americans -- California
Filipino Americans -- Social conditions
Asian Americans -- California -- Social conditions
Asian Americans
box 1, folder 1
box 1, folder 2
People's war in the Philippines. Manila: Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong Pilipino. 1974
box 1, folder 3
Registered Nurse licensing exam and permit extension: the facts, pamphlet 1981
box 1, folder 4
box 1, folder 5
We demand justice: free Narciso and Perez!, pamphlet 1977
Following the mysterious murder of ten patients in Ann Arbor, the FBI stepped in to investigate and ended up pressing a circumstantial
case against two nurses, who were convicted on July 13. The case became a
cause celebre for Asian American activists across the country and for Marxist groups, for the FBI's prosecution was viewed
as racial scapegoating; the nurses' supervisor committed suicide after allegdly confessing to the crimes herself. The convictions
were overturned on appeal and the case was dropped
box 1, folder 6
box 1, folder 7
Oppose racist licensure, extend interim permits!! 1981
Argues that the state board licensing exam is racist, given the much lower passing rate for foreign-trained nurses, criticizes
the California Nurses Association for being "willing to sacrifice the interests of minority nurses for a 'standard' based
on a racist exam. In the meantime, hundreds of minority and foreign nurses, who could very well help to relieve the nurse
shortage, continue to be barred from practice as RN's."
box 1, folder 8
box 1, folder 9