Interview with Alma Whitney conducted by Claytee D. White on March 3, 1996. Seeking better employment opportunities, Whitney moved to Las Vegas from Tallulah, Louisiana, at the age of sixteen. Whitney supported Westside churches and schools and was respected as supervisor in housekeeping at Desert Inn. Whitney provides information on the African American migration to Las Vegas during the 1940s, post-war race relations in Las Vegas, the daily work of hotel maids, and the Culinary Union.
Newspaper clipping of photograph with caption: Homecoming Committee -- Left to right - Sarann Knight, Rev. Willie Davis, Lubertha M. Johnson, Rev. Jesse D. Scott, and Judge Addelair D. Guy.
Newspaper clipping with photograph featuring Verlia Davis, Sarann Knight, Lubertha Johnson and Arlone Scott receiving oral histories taken in the 1970s for "The Black Experience in Southern Nevada."
Color photograph of Marcia and Dave Washington (seated) and their children (standing, left to right): Amber, Ray, Angel and April. Framed certificates and plaques are on the wall behind the group.
Color photograph of Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and Las Vegas Fire Chief David L. Washington, standing next to a Las Vegas Fire Department truck, prior to the start of a parade. Mayor Goodman wears a sash designating him as the Grand Marshall. Handwritten on back in pen, "Mayor Oscar Goodman + David L. Washington, Fire Chief, prior to the start of many parades they attended together."
Color photograph of Lonnie Wright (left), William Shack and Rev. Jesse Jackson during a fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina victims who relocated to Las Vegas, circa 2006.
Part of an interview with Eddie Wright, Jr. by Leon Green in the fall of 2012. Wright talks about his different jobs and the part his race played in getting jobs in the workforce.