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Oral history interview with Sherri Sullivan conducted by Claytee D. White on July 23, 2025 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project.In this interview, Sullivan describes growing up in a family of school teachers, and becoming one herself. After about five years of teaching, she became a flight attendant with Hughes Airwest. She met her husband, William Sullivan, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He started programs like Gear UP, Upward Bound, and others working at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Sherri recalls helping her husband with this work, and also serving as a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., working with Feed The Homeless Programs in Southern Nevada, and volunteering with senior citizen centers in Southern Nevada. The two were married for over 40 years until William passed away in 2023 at the age of 74.
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Oral history interview with Sherri Sullivan conducted by Claytee D. White on July 23, 2025 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project.In this interview, Sullivan describes growing up in a family of school teachers, and becoming one herself. After about five years of teaching, she became a flight attendant with Hughes Airwest. She met her husband, William Sullivan, in Las Vegas, Nevada. He started programs like Gear UP, Upward Bound, and others working at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Sherri recalls helping her husband with this work, and also serving as a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., working with Feed The Homeless Programs in Southern Nevada, and volunteering with senior citizen centers in Southern Nevada. The two were married for over 40 years until William passed away in 2023 at the age of 74. Digital audio available; no transcript available.
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Sherri Sullivan oral history interview, 2025 July 23. OH-03953. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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This interview was conducted and transcribed by the Oral History Research Center (OHRC) which is part of the UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Division.
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Interview materials were processed by UNLV Libraries Special Collections and Archives in 2025. Sarah Jones wrote the collection description. Access copies were created for born-digital audio files.