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Gay Pride parade paused at Naples and Paradise Road, image 003: photographic print
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Las Vegas Gay Pride Festival in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic prints
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Archival Collection
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Special Collections and Archives Oral History Research Center: archived website, 2014 to 2022
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Web Archive
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Transcript of interview with Jimmy Gay by Perry Kaufman, April 12, 1972
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Archival Collection
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Interview with James A. Gay III conducted by Perry Kaufman on April 12, 1972. Arriving in 1946 from Fordyce, Arkansas, Gay became the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He later worked as Assistant Manager of the Sands Hotel and Casino and Union Plaza while serving as an executive board member of the Culinary Union. Instrumental in the Las Vegas community, Gay worked to improved race relations, addressing social, economic, and civic issues. Gay was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1988.
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Second annual Gay Pride Parade check-in, image 002: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Flex nightclub float in the third annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Southern Nevada Association of Pride, Inc. booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Crowd watching Cyndi Lauper perform at Gay Pride, image 001: photographic print
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Gay Pride parade paused at Naples and Paradise Road, image 002: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Unidentified woman at the Community Counseling Center booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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