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Video Interview with Ruby Amie Pilot at Vegas PBS, April 12, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Ruby shares highlights of her life and career path such as working with Hazel Gay, and working as the first fulltime black employee at Sears, and at Palm Mortuary. She provides details of breaking the color barrier on the Strip in 1960s.
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Video Interview with Eva G. Simmons at Vegas PBS, November 19, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Eva is a founder of Les Femme Douze, a teacher for nearly four decades, community leader. Talks about recruitment of black teachers; Mabel Hoggard among other topics from the 1960s-1980s; and the future of the Westside.
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Video Interview with Sonny Thomas at Vegas PBS, April 1, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Sonny operates the Thomas & Jones Funeral Home. He recalls the funeral industry and his first jobs in casino kitchens from 1960 - 1980s.
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Video Interview with Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold at Vegas PBS, April 2, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Daughter of Dr. James McMillan, first black dentist in Las Vegas and a former NAACP president, recalls moving to Las Vegas from Detroit, learning about segregation here. She mentions list of outstanding female mentors and community leaders, and much more.
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Video Interview with Hannah Brown at Vegas PBS, April 2, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Hannah describes her love of education, being a woman of "firsts" and president of 100 Black Women. She recounts stories about growing up on the Westside and crossing paths with famous people.
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Video Interview with Melvin Sanders at Vegas PBS, April 1, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Melvin Sanders talks about growing up on the Westside as the son of a pastor/auto detailing business owner. He recalls tensions and the joy of his upbringing during the 1960s. He tells a story about working for State Gaming Board at age 16, going to college on a football scholarship, and an encounter with Sonny Liston. Sanders and his brothers inherited his father's auto detailing business.
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Newspaper clipping, Group hopes to revive West Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 1, 2005
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Archival Collection
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Las Vegas Review-Journal article featuring Karen Walker, co-owner of Hamburger Heaven with her mother Helen Anderson.
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Newspaper clipping, Jackson Street and Me.., Las Vegas Sentinal-Voice, August 23, 1984
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Archival Collection
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Sentinel-Voice feature article describes Karen Walker (aka Knee-C) and her family ownership of Hamburger Heaven.
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Clipping with photograph of Catherine Jamerson Johnson, 1976
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Archival Collection
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Photograph from the funeral program of Catherine H. Jamerson Johnson (1917-1976). She worked at Sill's Drive-In and later became owner-operator of Hamburger Heaven.
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CD cover, Back to the Old School, featuring Hamburger Heaven sign, undated
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Archival Collection
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"Back to the Old School" audio CD cover featuring Hamburger Heaven sign.
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