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Transcript of interview with Dell Ray Rhodes, 2010
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Archival Collection
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Dell Ray came to Las Vegas at three. Speaks about 1960s and 1970s schools and 6th Grade Plan.
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Transcripts of interview with Helen Anderson Toland, February 21, 2007
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Archival Collection
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Helen recalls coming to Las Vegas in the 1960s. She married early civil rights activist Jim Anderson in 1964. Helen was the first black female school principal in the Clark County School District.
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Transcript of an interview with Hazel Geran by Claytee D. White on August 30, 2000
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Archival Collection
Description
Hazel Geran was an employee of the Equal Opportunity Board in 1972, and was still working there at time of this interview. Her first job in Las Vegas in 1948 was as a keno writer at Cotton Club on the Westside.
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Transcript of an Interview with Simeon Holloway by Claytee D. White, April 19 and 20, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Simeon Holloway by Claytee D. White on April 19 and 20, 2013. Holloway was a member of the first all-black Navy band in the 1940s. He moved to Las Vegas in 1985 and has been active in music and land investment.
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Transcript of Interview with Greg McCurdy, by Claytee D. White, March 7, 2013 and August 21, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Greg McCurdy, Assistant Sheriff of Las Vegas police department's Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Investigations Group. McCurdy talks about growing up in Las Vegas, his schooling, jobs as a youth and career as a police officer.
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Transcript of Interview with Debbie Conway by Claytee D. White, March 13, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Interview of Debbie Conway by Claytee D. White, March 13, 2013. Conway is the first African American to hold office of Recorder in Clark County and in the state of Nevada. She speaks about her previous civilian jobs and working with small businesses and granting agencies.
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Transcript of an interview with Clinton Wright by Claytee D. White, October 13, 2005
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Archival Collection
Description
Clinton Wright worked as a photographer for the Las Vegas Voice for fifteen years. In his interview, he discusses living and working in Las Vegas, and raising his family.
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Transcript of interview with Aaron Williams by Claytee D. White, August 16, 2005
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Archival Collection
Description
Aaron Williams moved to Las Vegas in 1960 and worked at the Nevada Test Site before serving as North Las Vegas councilman, County Commissioner and community activist. Williams sponsored youth baseball teams in North Las Vegas.
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Transcript of interview with Thelma Turner by Claytee D. White, October 21, 2004
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Archival Collection
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Interview transcript with Thelma Turner by Claytee D. White, October 21, 2004. Turner lived on the Westside, then later moved to North Las Vegas. She talks about her early jobs at the Moulin Rouge and later work at the Town Tavern and Villa d'Este.
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Transcript of interview with Mustafa Richards by Claytee D. White, March 10, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Mustafa Richards by Claytee D. White on March 10, 2013. Richards arrived in Las Vegas in 1976 and worked for 25 years at the Imperial Palace, where at one time he was the only black bellman. He is the imam at the Masjid as-Sabur in Las Vegas.
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