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Descendants document the contributions of ‘Manongs’ to Filipino America (Part 2)
By Carlene Bonnivier “Because countless Filipinos worked in, passed through, and settled here (Stockton), it became the crossroads of Filipino America. Yet immigrants were greeted with signs that read “Positively No Filipinos Allowed” and were segregated to a four-block area centered on Lafayette and El Dorado Streets, which they called “Little Manila.” In the 1970s, ...
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Stories out of Stockton from sons of ‘Manongs’ (Part 1)
By Carlene Bonnivier The national conference held July 31 – August 3 by the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) in San Diego brought together testimonies of the largest Asian immigrant population in the U.S. about their collective achievements and history outside of their homeland. Writer Carlene Bonnivier met descendants of the early Filipino workers ...
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Book on California’s ‘Little Manila’ to have a New York debut
Not long after 1898, when the United States claimed the Philippines as an American colony, Filipinos became a vital part of the agricultural economy of California’s fertile San Joaquin Delta. In downtown Stockton, they created Little Manila, a vibrant community of hotels, pool halls, dance halls, restaurants, grocery stores, churches, union halls, and barbershops. It ...
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Bill, seeking to recognize FilAm contributions to California’s farm labor movement, gets bipartisan vote
By Cecile Caguingin-Ochoa “Kids of immigrant families will have a sense of pride knowing that their own heritage contributed to the farm and labor movements in this Country,” beamed Rose Estepa Ibanez as she learned last week that AB 123 sponsored by Assembly member Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) passed the critical support of the Assembly with ...