Event Title:

Organization:

  Cultural or Historical

  San Francisco

Start Date:

  9/3/2026

End Date:

  9/3/2026

Start Time:

  6:00 PM

End Time:

  7:30 PM

Event Info: 

  Attend the opening reception of Little Brown Dolls No More: The Rise of Filipino Boxers in the Squared Circle. The exhibit pays reverence to Filipino boxers and their innovation to American boxing, a colonial import turned powerful expression of identity, resilience and resistance. The "little brown doll of the Philippines" was a patronizing nickname used by sports writers in the 1920s and 1930s to refer to Filipino boxers. The boxing ring or "the squared circle," however, became a platform for these fighters to claim dignity, pride and visibility in the early twentieth century amid racial tensions and American empire expansion.

The reception will feature a cultural dance performance by Barangay Dance Company, followed by a conversation with Dr. Bernard James Remollino, author of Pancho Villa: World Champion 1923, and Emmanuel Rivera of the Philippine Boxing Historical Society and Hall of Fame, moderated by Mel Reyes, Filipino American Center Librarian.

https://on.sfpl.org/LittleBrownDolls-reception

Location:

  San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium

Room:

Address:

  100 Larkin Street

Phone:

  415-557-4400

City:

  San Francisco

State/Province:

  CA