The Heinlenville Legacy with Connie Young Yu

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Before the Japanese. Before the Filipinos. Before any other Asian community in San Jose, there were the Chinese. Did you know that more than one Chinatown existed in San Jose? The last Chinatown (also called “Heinlenville”) provided the nurturing environment that gave birth to San Jose Japantown. Join historian Connie Young Yu in this exploration of the Heinlenville Legacy. This 43 minute video is an expansion of Connie’s original presentation in Episode 2 of the JAMsj-Hidden Histories Facebook Livestream.