An acronym for the Committee for Protection of Filipino Rights. In the novel, the CPFR is formed as “a working committee from which we could form the nucleus of a broad organization for Filipinos on the Pacific coast.” The CPFR lobbies for the right of Filipinos to become American citizens. Carlos writes articles and news items for CPFR publications.
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CPFR Term Timeline in America Is in the Heart
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Chapter 41
...the Pacific coast.” The conference quickly creates the Committee for the Protection of Filipino Rights (CPFR) and discusses ways to earn Filipinos American citizenship.
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Carlos writes for CPFR as well as for a labor paper spearheaded by Ganzo, and he speaks before American...
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Among Carlos’s most important tasks with the CPFR is campaigning for Representative Vito Marcantonio’s bill proposing Filipino citizenship, but the bill goes down...
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Chapter 42
...the defeat of Marcantonio bill, Roman Rios and Javier Lacson, who are both Los Angeles CPFR delegates, try to convert the CPFR into a unit of the Communist Party. Lacson starts...
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Carlos grows further apart from Lacson, Rios, and other members of the CPFR who deem him too intellectual. While the Communist Party proves disappointing, Carlos nonetheless sees hope...
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Chapter 44
...but the union there is also weak. During this period, reactionaries gain control of the CPFR and the UCAPAWA locals. Carlos confides his sorrows to Mary, and she becomes “a symbol...
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