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Interview with Jerry Don Claborn, July 30, 2004
Date
2004-07-30
Archival Collection
Description
Narrator affiliation: Operation Engineer, Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company (REECo); Assemblyman, State of Nevada
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James H. Rainey, Sr. and Veronica Ross oral history interview
Identifier
OH-01528
Abstract
Oral history interview with James H. Rainey, Sr. and Veronica Ross conducted by Claytee D. White on March 12, 2012 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. James H. Rainey, Sr. discusses his summers working in Las Vegas, Nevada before moving from Arkansas in 1961, as well as his work at the Nevada Test Site. Veronica Ross, his niece, talks of moving to Las Vegas in 1965 and her experiences growing up. Details are given on their recent family history as well as the budding African American community and lifestyles during the 1960s and 1970s in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection