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Metropolitan Community Church float in the third annual Gay Pride Parade: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride (5-8-99); Metropolitan Community Church float.

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Restoration Church of Jesus Christ booth at Gay Pride, image 002: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. Restoration Church of Jesus Christ (LDS) booth. (5-8-99)

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Kids Voting 2000 Project report

Date

2000

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

Text

Vegas PBS Interviews for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project

Identifier

OH-03598

Abstract

Oral history interviews with Ruby Amie Pilot, Eva G. Simmons, Melvin Sanders, Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Hannah Brown, Sonny Thomas, and Claytee White conducted by Vegas PBS on April 01, 2013, April 02, 2013, April 12, 2013, and November 19, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In these interviews, the participants discuss their early lives and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Pilot talks about segregation on the Las Vegas Strip, integration, and the importance of church activities in the African American community. Simmons describes her career as a teacher, the schools on the Westside, and businesses on Jackson Street. Thomas describes the funeral industry and his role as a funeral director. McMillan-Arnold talks about segregated Las Vegas, African American entertainers, and the issue of homelessness on the Westside. Brown remembers growing up on the Westside, segregated schools, and her role as President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women – Las Vegas chapter. Lastly, Sanders discusses his childhood in Las Vegas, being the son of a preacher, and the redevelopment of the Westside.

Archival Collection

Metropolitan Community Church float for the third annual Gay Pride Parade: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Sunset Park. The third annual Gay Pride parade, 1999. Photographer: Dennis McBride; Metropolitan Community Church float. (5-8-99)

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Organizations: Names Project

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00802
Collection Name: Dennis McBride Collection on LGBTQ Las Vegas, Nevada
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

Genting Group's Resorts World Las Vegas Project from the Air, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph

Date

2016-03-23

Description

The former Stardust was demolished to make way for Boyd Gaming's Echelon Project, which stopped construction in 2008. That project was revived by the Genting Group as the Resorts World Las Vegas, a Chinese themed resort.

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Photograph of Francis X. Brownhofer in front of Last Frontier Hotel Gay Nineties Bar, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1944

Date

1944

Description

Francis X. Brownhofer sits on a horse outside the Gay Nineties Bar at the Last Frontier Hotel. Site Name: Hotel Last Frontier (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Grand Marshal Kenny Kerr in the second annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

2nd annual Gay Pride parade 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. (4-25-98); Kenny Kerr sits in the back of a gold convertible as the Grand Marshal.

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Second annual Gay Pride Parade lining up, image 001: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

2nd annual Gay Pride parade 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Parade lining up before beginning.

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