Presentation: Filipinos in San Francisco from 1900 – 1940

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Learn about Filipino Americans, the second largest Asian American community in San Francisco. Little is known of the enclaves and institutions they established in the City between 1900 and 1940. Using Census data and other historical documents, retired city planner Teresa Ojeda challenges the long-standing narrative that the early Filipino American community was a transient bachelor community confined to an edge of Chinatown.