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Photograph of Debbie Conway receiving a Community Achievement Award, 2002
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Archival Collection
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Color photograph of Debbie Conway receiving a Community Achievement Award from the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.
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Photograph of Eddie and Johnie Wright, 1991.
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Eddie and Johnie Wright.
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Series of two Polaroid photographs of Marzette Lewis with the Charles I. West Middle School Band
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Archival Collection
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Series of two color Polaroid photographs of Marzette Lewis with her students in the band room.
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Series of three photographs of Marzette Lewis supporting the Charles I. West Middle School Booster Club in the Martin Luther King Parade
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Archival Collection
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Series of three color photographs of Marzette Lewis riding in a convertible during the Martin Luther King Parade to promote the Charles West Middle School Booster Club.
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James Healey, Heidi Swank, Ruben Kihuen, Kelvin Atkinson, Tony Clark, and Mother Loosey Lust Bea Lady (Tracy Skinner) and others attend the Club Metro bar grand opening, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital image
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Dr. William Sullivan by Claytee D. White, December 20, 2006
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Dr. William Sullivan conducted by Claytee D. White on December 20, 2006. Sullivan was recruited by University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1978 to be Director of Student Support Services. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Sullivan earned his doctoral degree from University of Utah, where he helped open the Minority Center. As President of the Utah Association of the National Council for Black Studies programs, Sullivan designed minority recruiting strategies for universities.
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Erika Castro interview, November 12, 2018: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Interviewed by Maribel Estrada Calderón. Barbara Tabach and Laurents Banuelos-Benitez also participate in the questioning. Erika Castro was born in Mexico City in 1989. At the age of three, she migrated with her family to the United States. She remembers entering Kindergarten without knowing how to speak English. She graduated from the College of Southern Nevada. Castro has since been a political activist. Subjects: PLAN, Planned Parenthood, Environmental Justice, UndocuNetwork, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, DREAM Act
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Valorie Vega interview, November 19, 2018: transcript
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Archival Collection
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Interviewed by Laurents Bañuelos-Benitez. Barbara Tabach also participates in the questioning. Valorie J Vega was born in raised in Los Angeles County. Her father, Fred Vega, was one of the first firefighters hired in the Los Angeles County area. Vega was one of three children, and remembers spending her childhood surrounded by family. In college, Vega began studying biology only to realize that she was better suited studying Spanish. Upon completion of her undergrad, Vega went on to earn a Master's in Spanish interpretation. As a result of her studies, Vega was able to secure a job in the Court Interpreter program in Las Vegas, moving here in 1978. Her position in the interpreter program, led her to pursue a degree in law which in turn led to a successful career as a lawyer and a judge.
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