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Article: Conference honorees: Chinese America's grand historians *.(Biography)
- Article from:
- Chinese America: History and Perspectives
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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PHILIP P. CHOY
Born in San Francisco Chinatown on December 17, 1926, Philip P. Choy grew up in a family of five children. His father, a paper son, was part owner of a meat market on the north end of Grant Avenue; his mother, American-born though having grown up in China, worked in a sewing factory.
After attending San Francisco public schools and Nam Kue Chinese School, Choy enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II. While in basic training in Biloxi, Mississippi, Choy witnessed segregation in its extremity, which was to motivate his activities in later years. Upon his return, Choy attended the University of California at Berkeley on the GI ...