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Gregory, Mollie
Mollie Gregory is a filmmaker and writer from Los Angeles, California. After graduating from the Cinema School of New York University with Bachelor's and Master's degrees, she began her career as a documentary film writer and producer. Her earlier works focused on poverty and women's issues, including Songs from the Fourth World, Off the Edge, Welfare: Exploding the Myths, and Cities are for People.
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Richards, Mustafa, 1950-
Mustafa Richards was born December 24, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Murray High School located in Detroit. Although he was accepted to Wayne State University, Richards opted out of attending college and started his journey towards his study of multiple religions.
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Romero, Fernando, 1946-
When Fernando Romero (b 1946) started school as a Spanish-only speaker in the barrios of El Paso, Texas, he quickly picked up English, excelled in classes, and proudly claims his Chicano identity. Education came with good and bad teachers, the bad believing they were entitled to pick on the brown-skinned children. These were early lessons for Fernando, who describes his harsher lessons would come when he enrolled at Nevada Southern (known as UNLV today.)
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Baker, C. D. (Charles Duncan), 1901-1972
Charles Duncan "C. D." Baker (1901-1972) was instrumental for the expansion and development of Las Vegas, Nevada, especially during his time as mayor of the city from 1951 to 1959. He was born on February 26, 1901 in Terra Haute, Indiana. He received a Bachelor's of Science in civil engineering from the Rose Polytechnic Institution and went to work for the Indiana Highway Department. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to teach math and coach basketball in 1922.
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Ronnow, C. C.
Charles Christian (C. C.) Ronnow moved to Nevada in 1868 when his father, C. P. Ronnow, was called by the Church of Latter-day Saints leader Brigham Young to settle the Moapa Valley. C. C. Ronnow attended Brigham Young University and served as bishop of Panaca, Nevada in 1884. He also served as a schoolteacher.
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