Chinese American WWII veterans honored with Congressional Gold Medal
Video Source: www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/chinese-american-wwii-veterans-honored-congressional-gold-medal-n1250767 Recognition On...
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Emily Pan
Jul 14, 2020
Filipino Love Stories
Filipino Love Stories is an exhibit put together by Cal Poly Ethnic Studies Professor Dr. Grace Yeh and her students. These stories speak...
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Emily Pan
Jul 13, 2020
Honoring the Past
Japanese Farmers (Photo Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives) The mark left by Japanese Americans can be seen all over the country,...
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Emily Pan
Jul 12, 2020
Haruo Hayashi After Executive Order 9066
Before Pearl Harbor In 1918, Haruo Hayashi's father, Yeiji Hayashi, immigrated to the U.S. from Japan by going through South America and...
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Emily Pan
Jul 12, 2020
Black-Asian Solidarity
Protesting the death of George Floyd (Image Source here) History In the 1800s and 1900s, Asian immigrants working in the United States as...
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Emily Pan
Jul 11, 2020
Ventura's Chinese Fire Company
Chinese Fire Company In the 1860s, the first wave of hard-working Chinese immigrants to Ventura showed up as laborers, laundrymen,...
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Emily Pan
Jul 10, 2020
Japanese Field Workers at Waller Seed Company
Video Courtesy of Richard Waller Family Archives Story The Waller Seed Company's story begins over 100 years ago when Lionel Duncuff...
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Emily Pan
Jul 9, 2020
Life After Pearl Harbor for the Nagano Family
Nagano Family (Photo Courtesy of History Center of San Luis Obispo County) The Nagano family had been living in Morro Bay since 1917, but...
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Emily Pan
Jul 7, 2020
SLO Chinatown by Huell Howser
Overview In the mid-1800s, many Chinese people came to California in search of a better life, but also to help build their community....
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Emily Pan
Jul 6, 2020
A Letter From Filipino Sailor Felix Estibal
Arroyo Grande sailor Felix Estibal served on the destroyer USS Walke; seen leaving Mare Island in San Francisco on its final voyage, in...
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Emily Pan
Jul 6, 2020
The First Filipino Infantry Regiment
Asian Discrimination Many Filipinos fought in World War II, but regardless of whether they were serving the country or not, they faced...
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Emily Pan
Jul 6, 2020
"Gandy Dancers" Iron Road Pioneers Statue
"Gandy Dancers" Iron Road Pioneers Statue (Photo Courtesy of Emily Pan) The "Gandy Dancers" statue, located at the entrance to the San...
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Emily Pan
Jul 5, 2020
Life in a Japanese Detention Camp and The Kind Mr. Wilkinson
Expensive maple dressers, love seats, dining room sets, and bedsteads, all imported from Japan, filled the homes of many Japanese...
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Emily Pan
Jul 5, 2020
He Lost His Wife to the Spanish Flu; Umekichi Tanaka's Fascinating Story
A True Immigrant Born in Japan in March of 1872, Umekichi Tanaka was a true immigrant, having landed in Mexico in the early 1900s. While...
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Emily Pan
Jul 5, 2020
Quick Facts: Japanese American History You Probably Didn't Know
Japanese American history is grossly underrepresented in the U.S., and the information taught is often skewed and misrepresented. Here...
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Emily Pan
Jul 4, 2020
The Matsuura Family and the Japanese Children's Home
How the Japanese Children's Home Started The Matsuura Family's story begins during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1919, similar to the...
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Emily Pan
Jul 3, 2020
Evidence the Chinese Built the Railroads
Evidence from the Southern Pacific Railway Company and Howard Louis that the Chinese Built the San Luis Obispo railraods (Image Courtesy...
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Emily Pan
Jul 3, 2020
The Chinese Came in Response to the Gold Rush, But Were Quickly Mistreated
Timeline of Chinese History in California by San Luis Obispo Weekly Tribune (Image courtesy of History Center of San Luis Obispo County)...
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Emily Pan
Jul 3, 2020
Community Reactions When Chinese Exclusion Bill Becomes A Law
Community reactions to Chinese Exclusion Bill (Image Courtesy of History center of San Luis Obispo County) That was how the community...
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Emily Pan
Jul 3, 2020
Draining Laguna Lake
Laguna Lake before Being Drained (Photo Courtesy of History Center of San Luis Obispo County) Introduction Before Laguna Lake was...
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