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Transcript of interview with Sarann Knight Preddy by Claytee D. White, June 5, 1997

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Narrator

Preddy, Sarann Knight

Date

1997-06-05

Description

Interview with Sarann Knight Preddy conducted by Claytee D. White on June 5, 1997. Preddy moved to Hawthorne, Nevada, in the 1940s, becoming a business owner and president of the NAACP. Later she moved to Las Vegas, where she served as a community activist and worked as one of the first black 21-dealers.

Digital ID

ohr000014

Physical Identifier

F850.N4 P74 1998

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d11v5ff3b
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Las Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertainment Oral History Project

Interviewer

White, Claytee D.

Subject

African American businesspeople
Blackjack (Game)
Businesswomen
Card dealers
Casinos -- Employees
Community activists
Entrepreneurship
Gambling
Gambling industry
Keno
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Moulin Rouge (Hotel-Casino : Las Vegas, Nev.)

Place

West Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

oral histories (literary works)
transcripts

Archival Collection

Sarann Knight Preddy oral history interviews

Digital Project

African American Experience in Las Vegas

Citation

Sarann Knight Preddy oral history interviews, 1997 June 05, 1998 March 11. OH-01508. [Transcript] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Ve

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Standardized Rights Statement

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Language

English

Format

image/tiff