The history of the first Koreatown is only just being uncovered.
After years scattered as migrant laborers, they wanted a place where they could form a community of their own.
The map of the area, made in 1908, shows a small delineation along a set of train tracks marked “Korean settlement.” What ensued was Chang’s passion project. And it “was like trying to find needles in a haystack,” he said. “At the time, San Francisco was a hotbed of anti-Asian violence, just like what we experienced last year,” Chang said. So the Korean immigrants had no option but to settle in Chinatown.
But Ho was determined to provide those who lived there with something greater than what they could find in the homes they left. He established a Korean labor bureau to match residents with jobs, and more immigrants began to flock to the camp.
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