Interviewer
Adio Mangrum
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Ethnic Group
Hmong American
Generation
Youth
Description
Seeing San Francisco for the first time, at the age of three, after immigrating from Loas will always be a special memory for William Yang now age 16. The sky scrapers of San Francisco were a great contrast to the jungles and life he had just left. In Laos, he lived with his family in a typical rural village where the houses were made of bamboo, thatched roofs and had dirt floors. The villagers would work in their fields to gather food, which they cooked on an open fire. Leaving his parents behind, accompanied only by his grandfather, the trip to America was indeed a great adventure…
Keywords
Oral History, Stockton - CA, California, Hmong American, History
Comments
This oral history is part of the STOCKTONSpeaks! Project that ran from 2002-2005 in Stockton, CA. You can read more about STOCKTONSpeaks! on the homepage and the About page.
Recommended Citation
Conrardy, Christina. "Lo Family: William Yang (Youth)". (2005). STOCKTONSpeaks! Hmong American Stories. Oral History 6.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/ss-ha/6
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Relatives
Teng Lo (Elder)
Toubee Yang (Middle)