Larry Itliong was just one of the thousands who arrived on the West Coast from the Philippines before the country won its independence. Most labored quietly in the fields, despite the many challenges facing them. Itliong, however, took up numerous leadership roles in Stockton’s “Little Manila” and eventually led the famous Delano Grape Strike, which united Mexican and Filipino farmworkers. Filipinos remain the second-largest group of Asian Americans in California.
