Leandrew Winston is best known for his work in public broadcasting. He was born in Grady, Arkansas where he lived on a farm with his family. He migrated first to California and then to Las Vegas. Once in the city, Winston became a well-connected figure in the African American community and often tells stories about his experiences with police brutality. He chose to work in public broadcasting and in 1971 became the first African American to work at PBS at Channel 10. He started hosting Ten on the Black Side, his own television news talk show, in 1975 and later became the Minority Affairs Director at Channel 10. In 1984, Winston created a documentary for PBS called The Road to Las Vegas, a Black Perspective. He returned to school in 1987 and received his MBA from National University. Upon returning to Las Vegas, he helped found KNPR. Winston left Channel 10 and took a job with KCEP in 2001.
Interview with Alice Key conducted by Claytee D. White on February 17, 1997. Dancer, writer, and community activist, Key served as Deputy Labor Commissioner for the State of Nevada and leader of the NAACP in Las Vegas. As a newspaper reporter, she exposed the separation of blood plasma according to race in World War II. With Bob Bailey, Key created the first all-black television show in the nation and a radio program, interviewing black entertainers in a talk-show format.
The Las Vegas African American Community Conversations is a four part, one hour round table conversation with local Las Vegans. They share their powerful stories and great history, with topics ranging from “Migration, Civil Rights, Education, Church, Entertainment and the Early Legal Community”. Part Four: A conversation about “ Early African American Legal Community” MODERATOR- Rachel Anderson (Professor-UNLV Boyd School of Law) PANELISTS- Michael L. Douglas (Justice-Supreme Court of Nevada) Karen Bennett (Justice- Las Vegas Justice Court) Booker Evans (Greenberg Traurig, LLP) John R. Bailey ( Attorney/Managing Partner Bailey Kennedy) Timothy C. Williams (Justice-District Court)
Help Us Write History responses to article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on April 22, 1984 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. As stated, 15 callers identified the woman as Margaret Hubbard and the man as her husband, General Boyd Hubbard. The callers' names and numbers are listed in order of call.
Help Us Write History responses to article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on April 22, 1984 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. As stated, 15 callers identified the woman as Margaret Hubbard and the man as her husband, General Boyd Hubbard. The callers' names and numbers are listed in order of call.
Help Us Write History responses to article from UNLV Special Collections, posted in the Las Vegas Review Journal on April 22, 1984 on behalf of the Dorothy Dorothy Collection. As stated, 15 callers identified the woman as Margaret Hubbard and the man as her husband, General Boyd Hubbard. The callers' names and numbers are listed in order of call.
Interview with Hazel Gay conducted by Claytee D. White on December 2, 1995. Hazel and her husband Jimmy Gay moved to Las Vegas in 1946, becoming leaders in the African American community during the civil rights era.
Edited narrative of an interview with Audrey "June" Taylor Henry conducted by Claytee D. White on February 26, 2010. Henry was a dancer, choreographer, broadcaster and Las Vegas resident since 1992.