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Photographs of Frontier Strike: Jesse Jackson, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1992 April 21 (folder 6 of 13)

Information

Date

1992-04-21

Description

American civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson, marches with Frontier Strike participants on the Las Vegas Strip. Participants carry posters, banners, and the American flag. Banners and posters read: "Conquering the Frontier, Culinary Local 226, Bartenders Local 165" and "Service Employees Union." Surrounding the crowd are photographers and police officers on motorcycles and bicycles. The Hilton Hotel and other nearby buildings can be seen in the background. Arrangement note: Series I. Demonstrations, Subseries I.A. Frontier Strike. Site name: The Strip (Las Vegas, Nev.).

Digital ID

cwu0051

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d13r0q458
Details

Subject

Culinary Workers Union Local 226
Labor unions
Strikes and lockouts
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Labor disputes
Flags
Banners
Service Employees International Union
Labor leaders
Casinos
Demonstrations

Time Period

1990s (1990 - 1999)

Place

Las Vegas

Resource Type

Image

Material Type

photographs
photographic prints

Member of

Frontier Strike: Jesse Jackson, 1992 April 21

Archival Collection

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs

Digital Project

Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Photographs

Citation

cwu0051. Culinary Workers Union Local 226 Las Vegas, Nevada Photographs, approximately 1950-2006. PH-00382. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d13r0q458

Rights

The Culinary Workers Union Local 226 retains copyrights to materials in this collection. Materials may be used for nonprofit purposes, including educational, teaching, scholarship, research, or other academic use. All for-profit use of copyrighted materials must receive permission in advance from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

Rights Holder

Culinary Workers Union Local 226

Standardized Rights Statement

In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Date Digitized

2016-06-29

Language

English

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff