In the early twentieth century not long after 1898, when the United States claimed the Philippines as an American colony Filipinas/os 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. Little Manila was home to the largest community of Filipinas/os outside of the Philippines until the neighborhood was decimated by urban redevelopment in the 1960s. Narrating a history spanning much...
In the early twentieth century not long after 1898, when the United States claimed the Philippines as an American colony Filipinas/os became a vital p...
