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Film negative of James "Stump" Cross, Rosita Davis, and Harold "Stumpy" Cromer at Moulin Rouge, July 30, 1955
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Black and white negative of Rosita Davis with James "Stump" Cross and Harold "Stumpy" Cromer of comedy team Stump and Stumpy at the Moulin Rouge, dated July 30, 1955.
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Marie Wakefield oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Marie Wakefield conducted by Ashley Hardison on November 30, 2008 for the Public School Principalship Oral History Project. In this interview, Wakefield reflects upon her career as an administrator with Nevada’s Clark County School District. She describes her experience as principal of Myrtle Tate Elementary School, her regular job responsibilities, and challenges that she faced. She also describes her experience as an African American woman, and the importance of student and faculty diversity within schools.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter community award nominees list
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From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Photograph of a performance of the Good Rocking Brown and Group in the El Morocco Club showroom, 1961
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Entertainer Good Rocking Brown and Group at the El Morocco Showroom in 1961. Annotation: "1961, El Morocco Showroom, entertainer Good Rocking Brown and group".
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Gwen Weekes Rahner oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Gwen Weekes Rahner conducted by Laronda D. Tinsley on March 06, 1981 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Rahner discusses her experiences living in Las Vegas, Nevada. She talks about her arrival and the growth of Las Vegas, and her experiences living in early Las Vegas as an African American woman.Mrs. Rahner discusses working in politics and registering people to vote in Las Vegas, Nevada. She also describes living in West Las Vegas and her experiences there.
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Black Entertainers in Las Vegas: 1940 - 1960
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Essay by Roosevelt Fitzgerald reflecting on black entertainers during the early days of the Las Vegas Strip, dated 1988.
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Film negatives of dancers in the Moulin Rouge opening show, May 24, 1955
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Series of two black and white negatives of dancers onstage at the Moulin Rouge on opening night, dated May 24, 1955.
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Film negatives of Boots Wade and other dancers performing the watusi in the Moulin Rouge opening show, May 24, 1955
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Series of two black and white negatives of Boots Wade and other dancers performing the watusi in the Moulin Rouge opening show, dated May 24, 1955.
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Transcript of interview with Gene Collins by Claytee D. White, August 31, 2000
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Interview with Gene Collins conducted by Claytee D. White on August 31, 2000. Collins grew up in Lake Providence, Louisiana, and moved to Las Vegas in 1966. While attending college, he worked at the Nevada Test Site and trained to be an electrician. He worked with John Patawski and later joined the Aaron Williams Youth Organization and founded a community baseball organization. As a state assemblyman, Collins was instrumental in getting the Martin Luther King Holiday Bill passed along with establishing the Sarah Allen Credit Union. Because of his involvement with the Ministerial Alliance, he was asked to run for president of the NAACP. Under his presidency, he addressed the lack of African Americans in the gaming industry in addition to filing the largest EEOC discrimination suit filed in the state of Nevada against The Mirage Hotel and Casino.
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Trish Geran oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Trish Geran conducted by Claytee D. White on April 14, 2015 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview Trish Geran discusses her early life in Las Vegas, Nevada's historic Westside neighborhood, attending Catholic schools, and the feelings of not belonging that shaped her world view: she was different from her white, wealthy schoolmates, and as a private school student she was different from her neighbors. Trish also discusses her life in politics and activism.
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