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The Great Pause: Las Vegas Chronicles of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Oral history project conducted by the Oral History Research Center
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Audio clip from interview with Nathaniel Whaley by John Grygo, March 6, 2013
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Archival Collection
Description
In this clip, Nathaniel Whaley talks about the differences between the opportunities for weekend entertainment for black and white young people in Las Vegas in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Audio clip from interview with Ruby Amie-Pilot, August 7, 2012
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Ruby Amie-Pilot on August 7, 2012. In this clip Amie-Pilot talks about plans to picket Floyd Patterson fight at the Las Vegas Convention Center, because blacks not allowed to attend.
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Audio recording clip from an interview with James Jones Jr. by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview of James Jones, Jr. conducted by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013 . Jones Jr. highlights his work opportunities and racism in 1959 Las Vegas. In the clip, Jones Jr. discusses his first job in Las Vegas, where he became ill after four hours, and his subsequent job at a neighborhood grocery store.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Greg McCurdy by Claytee D. White, August 31, 2013
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Greg McCurdy by Claytee White on August 31, 2013. McCurdy talks about one of his mentors, Herman Moody, the first African American police officer in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Lucille Bryant by Claytee D. White, December 13, 1995
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Lucille Bryant conducted by Claytee D. White on December 13, 1995. In the clip, Bryant compares economic opportunities in Tallulah and Las Vegas in the 1950s.
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