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During her Advanced Placement U.S. history class in high school, A.J. Saquilayan noticed a glaring absence in the curriculum.
The class tackled economic crises, wars and other issues. But only a few lessons, she said, covered Asian American history. And almost no time was spent on the history of her own ethnic group: Filipinos, who began arriving in North America in the late 16th century.
