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Audio recording clip of interview with Marcia Washington by Claytee White, March 14, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview of Marcia Washington conducted by Claytee White on March 14, 2013. Washington discusses the Nubian Kefentse Kultural Kommunity Art Center, which she co-founded.
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Ruby Duncan oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ruby Duncan conducted by Claytee D. White on February 13, 2007 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Duncan discusses growing up and working in Las Vegas, Nevada. She also discusses how she became the leader of the Las Vegas Welfare Rights Movement by protesting the way Nevada cared for its poor families. Duncan then discusses instituting the first library on the Westside, lobbying the legislature, and traveling the world on behalf of women's rights.
Archival Collection
Audio clip from interview with Waldemar Jackson conducted by Claytee D. White, May 5, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Audio clip from interview with Waldemar Jackson by Claytee White on May 5, 2013. Jackson talks about how he secured job at Marina Hotel and was laid off after a strike.
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Ida Perkins oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Ida Perkins conducted by Alexa Sweeny on November 25, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Perkins discusses her personal history growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada. Perkins talks about recreational activities she participated in, being involved in church, and living in the Windsor Park housing area in North Las Vegas. She then recalls her educational experience in Las Vegas, being involved in school sports, and West Las Vegas housing. Later, Perkins describes businesses on the Westside, attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and playing on the women’s basketball team, the Lady Rebels. Lastly, Perkins discusses her contributions in forming the Foxy Ladies Organization, and also changes in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Newspaper clipping, "Basketball Artistry," with photograph of Lonnie Wright with UNLV Basketball Association presenting Reggie Theus with a painting, February 18, 1987
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Archival Collection
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Lonnie Wright, along with the UNLV Basketball Association, presented a painting to former UNLV athlete Reggie Theus. Lonnie helped design the "Stop Drugs" shirts that the other members are wearing.
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Transcript of interview with Beverly Mason conducted by Claytee White, December 21, 2012
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Beverly Mason by Claytee White, December 21, 2012. Mason grew up in West Las Vegas and was part of the school integration movement in the 1970s. Her involvement in the Las Vegas School System has continued throughout her life. In the interview, she discusses her family and faith, and working at the Nevada Test Site. Beverly attended Whittier College in California, where she majored in Biology. She later received her Masters in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix. She brought her experience back to Nevada and went to work for the Nevada Test Site as an industrial hygienist. She chose to leave that job to focus on her family, and found a new career in the School Community Partnership Office as a program manager. She focuses on connecting students with professionals in the science, math, and technology fields to bolster interest in those careers. Beverly has always been involved in her community and her church. Beverly attended the Church of God in Christ when she was growing up, and continues to participate in services today. Her family and her faith are extremely important parts of her life. She is married to Marcus Mason and has a daughter named Cassidy.
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Newspaper article, Pioneer Las Vegan Sees Town Grow, Las Vegas Sun, February 9, 1965
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Archival Collection
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Newspaper article featuring Lucretia Stevens. She moved to Las Vegas in 1923 when the town was about six blocks square and about 60 people made up the black community.
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Transcript of interview with Myrtle Banks by George Williams, March 15, 1981
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Black Teen Pageant contestants and Greg Morris, 1970s
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Archival Collection
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Color photograph of contestants of the Miss Black Teen pageant. Greg Morris (back row, center) emceed the event.
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Photograph of Marzette Lewis with principal Shirley Burbera
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Archival Collection
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Black and white photograph of Marzette Lewis with principal Shirley Burbera and others displaying a donation check.
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