From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file. "Injustice Blacks Have Suffered…" ending with Naomi Long Madgett's poem "Midway."
Four press/news releases from the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The releases discuss entertainment news concerning various celebrities like Jerry Lewis, Don Rickles, Tony Bennett, Abbe Lane, Mary Welch, and Bruce Maxwell.
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On the nomination of Clarence Thomas to Supreme Court.
Oral history interview with Ruby Gordon conducted by Claytee D. White on October 29, 2004 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Gordon talks about her birth and early upbringing in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and Las Vegas, Nevada, where her parents moved when she was seven years old. She discusses her parent's decision to move for better opportunities and the kind of work they did, then speaks extensively about her education through high school, her early marriage, and raising six children. She also talks about the difficulties that mothers faced while trying to work and raise children, especially those with health issues. Later she talks about her involvement with the Elks fraternal organization and explains that there were different lodges for whites and Blacks, based primarily on location, the lodges regularly interacted and worked together on civic and charity programs. Finally, she expands on her own work history in early childhood education, working for the state, and for Child Haven.
A group photo of the Board of Regents at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Seated, the people identified are, from left to right: 1) Unidentified; 2) Bonnie Smotony, Secretary; 3) Neil Humphrey, Chancellor; 4) Jacobson; 5) Paul McDermott; 6) Helen Thompson; and 7) A. C. Grant. Standing, the people identified are, from left to right: 1) Dr. Louis Lombardi; 2) Unidentified; 3) William "Bill" Morris; 4) James Bilbray; 5) Mel Steniger; 6) Molly Knudtsen; and 7) Dr. Fred Anderson.