Joanne Ravetti was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Her family then moved to Pittsburgh. Jan has three sisters and an older brother; she is the second youngest child. Her parents owned a bar in Pittsburg, they also managed a hotel. Jan's family moved to Las Vegas on the request of her uncle who invited the family to move to Las Vegas so he could assist them financially.They arrived on August 12th 1963. Her family moved into the Paradise Palm area.

Lin Hansen was born on April 02, 1934 in Alamo, Nevada. Her parents were Benjamin Levi Brown and Zada Mae Bushnell. Her father was a farmer and her mother was a school teacher.

Otis R. Harris Jr. was born May 19, 1941 to Otis R. Harris Sr. and Florence Harris. In the early 1940s, after an argument with a white person, Otis Harris's father decided to relocate from Texas to California. During the trip west, he stopped in Las Vegas where they were hiring at the Basic Magnesium plant. Though he only worked there briefly, Las Vegas became home to the Harris family. In this interview, Otis talks about his father's hard working nature and being raised with seven siblings in Las Vegas.

Leon Harteson was born in rural Arkansas in 1943. He went to school in Las Vegas, Nevada graduating high school from Las Vegas High School. In 1968, Harteson graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Harteson has worked for the Clark County Juvenile Probation Department.

Mary Hawkins moved to Southern Nevada in 1942. She moved to Nevada from Texas with her first husband. Hawkins was self-employed, running a cafe in Nevada, and she was also a housewife. Hawkins remarried in 1945, after her first husband died.

Gladys Neville was born in Crowley, Louisiana in 1915, and was one of eleven children. Neville graduated high school in 1933 and earned her registered nurse certification in 1937. During World War II Neville qualified to join the 24th General Hospital and was deployed overseas to Florence, Italy. During her time in Italy Neville met her husband and the two wed while in Italy.