According to the last Census, there are nearly one and a half million Filipino-Americans living in California, mostly on the coast. But there was a time -- in the early 20th century when Filipinos came to work the fruit and produce fields of the Central Valley. Back then, downtown Stockton was home to a bustling "Little Manila." San Francisco State Associate Professor of History Dawn Mabalon wrote about it in her book "Little Manila is in the Heart."
The Heart of California's Filipino-American Community in Another Era
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