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Transcript from interview with Rejoyce Williams by Claytee White, June 12, 1996

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Narrator

Williams, Rejoyce

Date

1996-06-12

Description

Rejoyce Williams moved to Las Vegas with her husband and their six children in 1960. Williams grew up in Fordyce, Arkansas, and has also lived in California. When she arrived in Las Vegas, she worked as a maid at the Las Vegas Hilton and participated in the Culinary Union strike in 1970. In the interview, she discusses her involvement in church activities, and other anecdotes from her employment.

Digital ID

ohr000891

Physical Identifier

F850.N4 W545 2012

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d11837366
Details

Contributor

Contributor: African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project

Interviewer

White, Claytee D.

Subject

Hotel housekeeping
Hotels -- Employees
Religious institutions
Voluntarism

Place

West Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Resource Type

Text

Material Type

oral histories (literary works)
transcripts

Archival Collection

Rejoyce Williams oral history interview

Digital Project

African American Experience in Las Vegas

Citation

Rejoyce Williams oral history interview, 1996 June 12. OH-02431. [Transcript] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Neva

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Language

English

Format

application/pdf