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  • Laborers face the camera while some are holding guitars.

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    Family Labor Camp, Delano, 1940s

    Labor camp life in the fields, with Raymund Pacis Barney (center) with Raymond L. Barney. Lucena L. Barney (center front) with John L. Barney, Filomena (Navaro) Fernandez (married to Zuilo Fernandez).

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 3
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  • A group of women and their children pose for a photo in their bunkhouse. The group is dressed for a baptism.

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    Manangs at the Aremas Family Baptism, Salinas

    Baptism for Susan Aremas (center being held by her aunt), and her mother Sherry (left of her), in the Salinas Labor Camp. Two or more families at the camps would often share one small bunkhouse.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 3
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  • A group of fifteen female farm workers and the Lucas Camp foreman pose for a photo.

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    Natividad Ballesteros Edillor with coworkers, Lucas Camp

    Natividad (kneeling, second from left), with her female coworkers at Lucas Camp with camp foreman Bob Armington (standing, fourth from left).

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 3
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  • Two children standing in front of a car. A woman is standing next to the car speaking to someone inside of the passenger seat.

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    Cornelia Delute selling wares to Manongs

    Cornelia Delute speaking with local farmworkers as her children in the photograph pose in front of the camera. Cornelia carries the container with her homemade binangkal (sesame bread) and suman (rice cake).

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 3
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  • Individuals marching down a busy road holding signs. One of the signs read "We want no hold back pay."

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    Aparagus 1948 Strike March

    Local 7 members marching in the 1948 Stockton asparagus strike, downtown Stockton, California.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
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  • Larry Itliong and Dick Ginnold and a group of Brazilian farm workers talk together in front of a building.

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    Larry Itliong and Dick Ginnold speak with Brazilian farm workers

    Larry Itliong and Dick Ginnold speak with Brazilian farm workers, Niteroi, Brazil, circa 1960s.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
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  • Black and white photo of 4 individuals looking off to the left. The United farm Workers Organizing Committee flag waves in the background.

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    Andy Imutan, Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and Robert Kennedy at a rally in Delano, Calif.

    Left to right: Andy Imutan, Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and Robert Kennedy at a rally in Delano, Calif. before the breaking of Cesar Chavez’s 25-day Fast, Delano, Calif., March 10, 1968.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
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  • Pete Velasco, Larry Itliong, and Cesar Chavez stand in a crowded room at the Filipino Hall on Christmas in Delano, California.

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    Pete Velasco, Larry Itliong, and Cesar Chavez meet at the Filipino Hall, Delano, Calif.

    Left to Right: Pete Velasco, Larry Itliong, and Cesar Chavez meet at the Filipino Hall, Delano, Calif., Christmas, circa 1968.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
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  • Larry Itliong, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee Assistant Director speaking at unknown event.

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    Larry Itliong speaking at unknown event

    Larry Itliong, United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC) Assistant Director speaking at unknown event circa 1960s.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 2
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  • Individuals marching in a single file line on the side of the road holding signs and pickets.

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    The Manongs join the picket line during the 1973 Grape Strike

    As the United Farm Workers resumed strike activities against Delano’s table grape growers, Filipino American UFW members rejoined their union brothers and sisters on the picket lines. This image shows a select few Filipino American members of the UFW.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 1
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  • Twelve Youth Together members pose for a picture while marching in a picket line. They hold signs with red sticks expressing support for teachers.

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    Module 2: Identity and Multiracial Alliances

    Veronica Terriquez and May Lin

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    Youth Organizing: Building Multiracial Solidarities
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  • Two young women hold a whiteboard that reads "We're not weak!!" while flexing their right arms. They are standing on a blacktop in front of a school.

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    Module 3: Building Youth Power Through Healing

    Veronica Terriquez and May Lin

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    Youth Organizing: Building Multiracial Solidarities
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  • Five Khmer Girls in Action members pose for group photo behind a voter outreach table. A "Register To Vote" banner hangs behind them.

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    Module 4: Youth Voice in Elections

    Veronica Terriquez and May Lin

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    Youth Organizing: Building Multiracial Solidarities
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  • A female student speaks into a microphone outdoors. Behind her are five students holding signs on funding for youth programs.

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    Module 5: Youth-Led Campaigns

    Veronica Terriquez and May Lin

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    Youth Organizing: Building Multiracial Solidarities
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  • A collage of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jason Momoa, H.E.R., Kamala Harris, Bruno Mars, Keanu Reeves, Naomi Osaka, and Juju Smith-Schuster.

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    Chapter Overview: Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans

    Nitasha Tamar Sharma

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  • A collage of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Jason Momoa, H.E.R., Kamala Harris, Bruno Mars, Keanu Reeves, Naomi Osaka, and Juju Smith-Schuster.

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    Module 1: Overview: Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans

    Nitasha Tamar Sharma

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    Multiracial Pacific Islanders and Asian Americans
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  • Massive piles of coconut shells are among an alley of shacks. Workers sit with baskets on the husks.

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    Chapter Overview: We Are Here Because You Were There: Race, Colonialism, and Migration

    Mae Ngai, Wena Teng, Greg Robinson, and Jonathan Van Harmelen

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  • Two columns of people are shown on the outskirts of a town. One column is soldiers holding rifles. The other column is people weaing hats and white clothing.

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    Module 1: Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and the Asia-Pacific

    Mae Ngai and Wena Teng

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    We Are Here Because You Were There: Race, Colonialism, and Migration
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  • The cover of a Japanese journal showing a lion leaping through the clouds.

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    Module 2: Homeland Ties

    Mae Ngai and Wena Teng

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    We Are Here Because You Were There: Race, Colonialism, and Migration
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