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Audio recording clip of interview with Rachel Coleman by Claytee D. White, July 24, 1996
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Rachel Coleman conducted by Claytee D. White on July 24, 1996. In the clip, Coleman describes her work as a business agent addressing workplace grievances and relates her experience with a fist fight that went into arbitration.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Mary Louise Williams by Claytee D. White, June 19, 1998
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Mary Louise Williams conducted by Claytee D. White on June 19, 1998. Williams recalls working as a showgirl at the Moulin Rouge and traces her subsequent careers as a social worker and school teacher.
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Audio recording clip from interview with Sonny Thomas by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Part of an inverview with Sonny Thomas conducted by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013. Thomas describes job options when he arrived in Las Vegas in 1959.
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Audio clips from interview with Blaine Benedict, November 12, 2015
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Archival Collection
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In these clips, Blaine Benedict dicusses how his family came to live in Las Vegas, Nevada; his father's career in Las Vegas casinos; and working in the casinos as a youth.
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Transcript of interview with Sarann Knight Preddy by Claytee D. White, June 5, 1997
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Archival Collection
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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.
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Transcript of interview with Faye Todd by Claytee D. White, October 15, 1996
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Faye Todd conducted by Claytee D. White on October 15, 1996. Featured in Ebony Magazine in 1979, Todd achieved executive status in the Las Vegas gaming industry, serving as Special Events Coordinator for Desert Inn Hotel and Casino and Entertainment Director/Corporate Executive Assistant for Landmark Hotel and Casino.
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Transcript of interview with Sarann Knight by Yvonne Hunter, July 16, 1975
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Sarann Knight [Preddy] conducted by Yvonne Hunter on July 16, 1975. 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.
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Transcript of interview with D. D. Cotton by Claytee D. White, February 14, 1997
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Archival Collection
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Interview with D. D. Cotton conducted by Claytee D. White on February 14, 1997. Raised in New York City, Cotton arrived in Las Vegas as a dancer in Cab Calloway's traveling production "The Cotton Club." During a period of strained race relations, she stood for equal rights as the first black cocktail waitress on the Strip and one of the first black dealers.
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Transcript of interview with Anna Bailey by Claytee D. White, March 3, 1997
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Anna Bailey conducted by Claytee D. White on March 3, 1997. Arriving in Las Vegas in 1955 to perform as a dancer for the opening of the Moulin Rouge, Bailey also starred in traveling shows nationally and in Europe. Returning to Las Vegas, she became the first African American to dance in a house chorus line on the Strip. Later she became one of the first black women in Nevada to hold a gaming license, owning and operating several small nightclubs.
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Transcript of interview with Alma Whitney by Claytee D. White, March 3, 1996
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Alma Whitney conducted by Claytee D. White on March 3, 1996. Seeking better employment opportunities, Whitney moved to Las Vegas from Tallulah, Louisiana, at the age of sixteen. Whitney supported Westside churches and schools and was respected as supervisor in housekeeping at Desert Inn. Whitney provides information on the African American migration to Las Vegas during the 1940s, post-war race relations in Las Vegas, the daily work of hotel maids, and the Culinary Union.
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