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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Group of 18 laborers sitting together smiling. Many are holding guitars, and one of the women is holding a baby.

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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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  • Picketers with their arms raised, waving flags. They stand just off a dirt road on a farm.

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    Filipino American UFW members

    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 photograph shows Filipino American UFW members on the picket line.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 3
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  • Carlos Bulosan, Filipino-American writer, sits at a writing desk with his hand on his cheek, smiling. A typewriter and stacks of books are visible on the desk.

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    Carlos Bulosan at writing desk, approximately 1950s

    Carlos Bulosan gained literary fame with the publication of his semi-autobiographical novel America Is in the Heart, which delves into the experiences of Filipino immigrants in the United States. Photo of Carlos Bulosan ca. 1955.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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  • Carlos Bulosan in a suit and hat standing in front of a wooden door.

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    Carlos Bulosan in front of door, approximately 1940s

    Carlos Bulosan in front of door, ca. 1940

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  • Black and white photo of a young Ruby Tape dressed in a hat and a fur scarf while holding a leather purse standing on sandy ground.

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    Module 5: A Modern Chinese American Woman

    Mae Ngai

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    The Tape Family and Chinese American Civil Rights
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  • Samoan American Laulauga Tausaga-Collins stands in the National Athletics Centre. She poses with her gold medal and the U.S. flag wrapped around her.

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    Chapter Overview: Samoans in the United States

    Lana Lopesi

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  • Sunrise on the beach of Ofu, American Sāmoa. Mountains on left with palm trees at the base and large rocks on the shore.

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    Module 1: Overview: Samoans in the United States

    Lana Lopesi

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    Samoans in the United States
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  • Mural on the side of Bridge West Academy depicts a girl dressed in the Bangladeshi flag with a Bengal tiger, Bengali script, Shaheed Minar and hills.

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    Chapter Overview: Bangladeshi Americans

    Nazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed

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  • A sign with concrete footings placed on a lawn that reads "Welcome to Banglatown". Images of a Bengali flag and an American flag are next to the text.

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    Module 1: Bangladeshi Migration and Settlement in the US

    Nazli Kibria, Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, and Sharbari Ahmed

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    Bangladeshi Americans
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  • Refugees carry their belongings while trekking across a dry riverbed in the Ganges Delta at Kushtia.

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    Module 2: Bangladeshi Americans and the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War

    Elora Halim Chowdhury, Fariba S. Alam, Nazli Kibria, Sharbari Ahmed

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    Bangladeshi Americans
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  • A Chinese man holds a carrying pole with two buckets on either end over his shoulders standing between a mountainside and piles of rubble.

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    Chapter Overview: Chinese Americans and the Making of American History

    Cecilia M. Tsu and Tamara Venit Shelton

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  • Magazine cover of Patsy Mink, a Japanese American woman wearing sleeveless dress. Mink poses holding a bill with U.S. Capitol Dome in background.

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    Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Module 1: Overview

    Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink

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    Patsy Takemoto Mink: Fierce and Fearless
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