Burton Bass (1932- ) is a photographer and owner of Burton Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York and practiced photography from the time he was a child. Bass opened his first professional photography studio in 1962, shortly after he married Wilma Frank in 1960. In 1974 the couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where Bass worked for his brother-in-law Ed Frank's check cashing businesses. In 1979 Bass opened his own photography business, Burton Studio.
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Marion D. Bennett, Sr. was born May 31, 1933 in Greenville, South Carolina to a family of eleven. He graduated from Sterling High School and went on to Morris Brown College. After graduating in 1957, he later matriculated at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia where he received a Master of Divinity in 1960. Reverend Bennett came to Las Vegas, Nevada on July 7, 1960 to be the pastor of the Zion United Methodist Church. Reverend Bennett fought hard to get the Equal Rights Commission established in Nevada.
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Sook-ja Kim was a Korean-American singer who performed in many Las Vegas, Nevada hotels and casinos. Sook-ja was a member of the musical group named The Kim Sisters that began performing for American soldiers in the Korean War. In 1959, Sook-ja was invited to perform at the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and continued to play in various hotels and casinos until she retired from performing in 1989. As of 2019, Sook-ja Kim Bonifazio works as a real estate agent in Las Vegas.
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Trish Geran was born on January 26, 1961 in Las Vegas, Nevada. She went to Bishop Gorman High School and to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As of 2015, she was a subsitute teacher, author, and activist.
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Mildred Breedlove was born in Coal Hill, Arkansas on May 27, 1904 to John Franklin Cox and Rose Wilson. Breedlove relocated to Nevada in 1949. She worked as a lyricist.
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Lyla Joy Foremaster Ford was born December 12, 1928 in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a career as a decorator for the Tropicana Hotel. Her family owned the Old Ranch, now known as Stewart Ranch.
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John M. Boyle was born in 1924 in Risen, Arkansas. Boyle first moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the summer of 1947. He was Chief Pilot of Operations for Republic Airlines. His daughter's name is Meghan Boyle.
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Wayne Brazelle was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky on December 28th, 1946. Brazelle relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959, after living in Los Angeles, California for three years. He worked as a laborer and teamster in Las Vegas.
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