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I agree.Part of an interview with Lovey McCurdy, March 19, 1981. In this audio clip, McCurdy recalls the 1969 Westside riot.
Lovey McCurdy oral history interview, 1981 March 19. OH-01246. [Audio recording] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada
English
Could you tell me about the riot that took place here in the late sixties? I believe it was around 1968 or 1969. It was here in West Las Vegas. Oh. You mean the one that they had at the Golden West Shopping Center? It was terrible. I stood in my yard and saw the people hauling tires and everything they could away and just running across the desert with clothing, whatever they could get their hands on. It was ridiculous. And they had quite a few problems at various schools, too. I don't remember the year, but it was the year that Dwight was attending Rancho School. They had racial problems there. This one particular day that they had one real serious incident, he came home. I've always told my kids when there is trouble, leave, not to get involved and into trouble. And thus far I haven't had any problems with any of them. And they also had one a few years back, if I'm not mistaken, at the Las Vegas High School during the time Greg attended. It was very minor; it wasn't too serious. That's all that I can think of at the present. The conditions here when I first came here, they were terrible for blacks. But I have seen the town grow very, very much towards blacks being hired in higher positions.