Gain insights into Philippine-American history from the first arrival of Filipinos in 1587 to the Philippine-American war and the colonization of the country that allowed thousands of Filipinos to come to the U.S. as “American Nationals.” Journalist and author Emil Guillermo, whose father was in that first group of Filipinos, shares a first-hand story of how the Filipinos were treated in California. He includes the story of Filipino American labor leader Larry Itliong and his role as the unsung instigator of the Delano Grape Strike of 1965, often seen as the merger of civil rights and the labor movement in America.
