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  • This image displays a 1973 and 2014 book cover of America Is In the Heart by Carlos Bulosan.

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    America Is In The Heart

    America Is In the Heart’s 1973 and 2014 editions

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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  • A group of men sit around a table leisurely, enjoying a drink.

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    Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union Local 37

    Carlos Bulosan and Chris Mensalvas, former union leaders, stand alongside fellow workers in this photo.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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  • Two men dressed in coats, gloves, and hats processing salmon in a factory.

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    Filipino Alaskeros

    Filipino salmon processing workers in Alaska, known as “Alaskeros,” who worked in Alaska in summer and then the “farm factories” of California and eastern Washington in other seasons.

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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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  • Man in overalls and a hat peeling produce. In the background, another agricultural laborer is visible with their back turned.

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    Snapshots of agricultural laborers

    An anonymous Filipino man working to process fruit, circa 1930, illustrates the hard labor and low wages that many Filipino immigrants faced during this time in the United States.

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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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    Labor & Activism of Filipino Farmworkers, Module 4
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Hmong Americans Tou and Chue Lee of Lee's One Fortune Farm stand among rows of crops, casually dressed in jeans.

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    Module 3: Building Communities

    Heidi Kim

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    Asian Americans in the United States South
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  • Mary Harrison Lee mugshot, front facing and in profile. Lee wears a floral print dress with short hair and the mugshot board around her neck.

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    Module 4: The Fight for Civil Rights

    Heidi Kim

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    Asian Americans in the United States South
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  • Abraham Verghese, in a white button down shirt, poses for a headshot in front of a whiteboard. On desk in front of him is an open notebook.

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    Module 5: Literature and Identity

    Heidi Kim

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    Asian Americans in the United States South
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    Chapter Overview: Asian American and Pacific Islanders and the Media

    Lori Lopez

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    Overview

    Lori Lopez

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    Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the Media
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  • Illustrated poster for The Face of Fu Manchu. Fu Manchu is positioned near center, with a dragon behind him. Violent vignettes appear around border.

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    Module 2: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Mainstream Media: A History

    Lori Lopez

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    Asian American and Pacific Islanders and the Media
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  • Maya stands on steps leading to an intricately gold-painted door. She gestures to one of the surrounding statues.

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    Chapter Overview: Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America

    Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro

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  • Black and white family photo: Maya is an infant in her mother's lap. Her father and brother sit to either side of her mother on a bench.

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    Module 1: Maya Soetoro: A Biographical Overview

    Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro

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    Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America
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  • A float with 3 statues in gold costumes, large, purple umbrellas, all surrounded by flowers. Dancers in ornate flower costumes walk next to the float.

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    Module 2: Indonesian American History

    Dorothy Fujita-Rony with Maya Soetoro

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    Maya Soetoro and the Making of Indonesian America
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