Hillary Jenks
Hillary Jenks é atualmente professora assistente do University Honors Program da Portland State University. Ela fez sua dissertação sobre a história de Little Tokyo em Los Angeles na University of Southern California.
Atualizado em julho de 2009
Stories from This Author
Catching Up with the Olivers
18 de Julho de 2007 • Hillary Jenks
At first, the Olivers seemed like an elusive group. For years, as I was doing research in Little Tokyo for my dissertation, I would hear people mention the Olivers and I was always curious. Who were they? What was their role in Little Tokyo’s history? And what was up with that name? Eventually I learned that the name was associated with Nisei sports activities, but wanted to find out more. Finally, I had a chance to work with the Little …