Nguyen, Nathan Thuan
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Oral history of Nathan Thuan Nguyen (Nguyen Anh Thai Thuan), born on August 1, 1971 in Saigon, Vietnam. His family is of the Cao Dai faith and lived in Tay Ninh and then Saigon. They came to the U.S. in 1975 via sponsorship by a Catholic church to Waynesboro, Virginia. Since then he has moved all over, but is living in Los Angeles at the time of interview. He has had many jobs, assisting his family picking fruit as a young child, as a valet in college, and now a community organizer.Recorded Digitally
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Reyes, Jessica J
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UC Irvine, Libraries, Southeast Asian ArchiveRecord Harvested From
California Digital LibraryKeywords
- Activism
- Activist
- Anticommunism
- Anticommunist
- Boat People
- College Or University
- Discrimination
- Education
- Family
- Los Angeles, California
- Politics
- Race Relations
- Refugee Camp
- Religion
- Resettlement
- Saigon (Vietnam)
- Sponsors Or Sponsorship
- Stereotypes
- Tay Ninh (Vietnam)
- Tradition Or Custom
- Vietnam War