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Transcript of interview with Isadore Washington by Claytee D. White, February 7, 2008

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2008-02-07

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Interview with Isadore Washington conducted by Claytee D. White on February 7, 2008. Born in Tallulah, Louisiana, Washington came to Las Vegas with his family in 1942 at the age of eight. He recalls playing with Wayne Newton when they were children and life on the Westside. Washington joined the sheriff's department after high school and became the first black deputy sheriff.

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ohr000330

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CT247 .W373 2007
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Isadore Washington oral history interview, 2008 February 07. OH-01923. [Transcript] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas

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