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Transcript of an interview with Hazel Geran by Claytee D. White on August 30, 2000

Date

2000-08-30

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

Date

2013-04-19

Description

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

Date

2013-03-07

Description

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

Date

2013-03-14

Description

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

Date

2005-10-13

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

Date

2005-08-16

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

Date

2004-10-21

Description

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

Date

2013-03-03

Description

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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Transcript of interview with Eva Whaley conducted by Claytee White, May 13, 2013

Date

2013-05-13

Description

Whaley moved to Las Vegas from rural Arkansas in the early 1960s. She and her husband owned restaurants

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Transcript of interview with Lovey M. McCurdy conducted by Greg McCurdy, March 19, 1981

Date

1981-03-19

Description

Transcript of interview with Lovey McCurdy by Greg McCurdy, March 19, 1981. Mrs. McCurdy discusses her memories of Las Vegas when she arrived in 1951, as well as her employment and family.

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