Filipino Americans -- Hawaii -- Interviews.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Avelino Ramos oral history
Item
Identifier: larc-oh-ramos
Abstract
Sound recording of interview with Avelino "Abba" Ramos conducted by Harvey Schwartz. Describes youth in Hawaii as son of Filipino sugar worker, coming of ILWU to Islands in 1940s, CIO organizing work in Hawaii, and career in California with Local 6, ILWU, 1962-1997, including rich exploration of the closing of the Colgate plant, East Bay, 1981; interview formed basis for an oral history article that appeared in the ILWU newspaper The Dispatcher, May 1996.
Dates:
1996 May 9