First Filipino: Crisanto Evangelista

1.25.2007

Crisanto Evangelista

Crisanto Evangelista

1st Filipino leader and founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP, 1930)
Established the Workers’ Party (Partido Obrero, 1922)
"Father of the Philippine Trade Union Movement"

QUOTE
"My heart bleeds"

YEAR OF DEATH
January 25, 1942

USEFUL LINKS

Crisanto Evangelista on Wikipedia
The People of the Philippine Islands vs. Crisanto Evangelista
100 significant events in Philippine history
Important Events in Philippine History
Philippine Labor Movement Marks Ka Bert Olalia's 100th Birthday
Struggle for National Democracy

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