Forgotten Annapolis Immigration Conflict Uncovered by UMD Archaeology

Filipinos and Blacks Competed, Quarreled, Married in 20th CenturyJune 11, 2012 COLLEGE PARK - University of Maryland archaeologists are uncovering a forgotten period of racial tension in Annapolis pitting Filipino immigrants against African Americans. The surprisingly complex relations between the groups go back a century, occasionally marked by violence, but also by considerable social mixing and even intermarriage, the researchers say - all propelled by changing racial practices at the Naval Academy. "We're discovering family stories carved in irony," says University of Maryland