Filipinos in Carson and the South Bay

Florante Peter Ibanez, Roselyn Estepa Ibanez

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Year: 2009
• Print ISBN: 9780738570365
• eBook ISBN: 9781439623268
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

One of Carsons most distinct features is its diversity. The city is roughly one-quarter each Hispanic, African American, white, and Asian/ Pacific Islander. This last groups vast majority are Filipinos who settled as early as the 1920s as farmworkers, U.S. military recruits, entrepreneurs, medical professionals, and other laborers, filling the economic needs of the Los Angeles region. This vibrant community hosts fiestas like the Festival of Philippine Arts and Culture and has produced local community heroes, including Uncle Roy Morales and Auntie Helen Summers Brown. Filipino students of the 1970s organized to gain college admissions, establish ethnic studies, and foster civic leadership, while Filipino businesses have flourished in Carson, San Pedro, Wilmington, Long Beach, and the surrounding communities. Carson is recognized nationally as a Filipino American destination for families and businesses, very much connected to the island homeland.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• FOREWORD
• INTRODUCTION
• One - COMING TO AMERICA TO LABOR AND SERVE 1910s–1930s
• Two - GROWING UP AS AMERICAN-FILIPINOS 1940s–1950s
• Three - RAISING FAMILIES AND GETTING INVOLVED 1960s–1980s
• Four - LOCAL LEGENDS BOBBY BALCENA, AUNTIE HELEN BROWN, AND UNCLE ROY MORALES
• Five - ARTS AND CULTURES FROM THE ROCKY FELLERS TO FESTIVALS AND HIP-HOP
• Six - AN EMPOWERED COMMUNITY EMERGES
• Seven - SULONG MEANS MOVING FORWARD