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Transcript of interview with Sarann Knight Preddy by Claytee D. White, June 5, 1997
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Interview with Sarann Knight Preddy conducted by Claytee D. White on June 5, 1997. Preddy moved to Hawthorne, Nevada, in the 1940s, becoming a business owner and president of the NAACP. Later she moved to Las Vegas, where she served as a community activist and worked as one of the first black 21-dealers.
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Collins, Peter, 1945-
British academic Peter Collins is an author, lecturer, and consultant on gambling and the gaming industry. A graduate of the Universities of Oxford and London, he founded and directed the National Centre for the Study of Gambling at the University of Cape Town in South Africa between 1995 and 1999. In 2000, he relocated to England, where he served as director of the Centre for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Salford, Manchester. In 2002, he was appointed Professor of Public Policy in the university's Salford Business School.
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Photograph of gamblers playing roulette, Las Vegas, Nevada, circa 1950s
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Slide of the interior of an unknown Michigan Indian casino, circa 1960s-1970s
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Slide of men playing roulette, Las Vegas, circa 1940-1950s
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Film transparency of the Last Frontier Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1945
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Film transparency of casino interior, Las Vegas, circa 1930-1950s
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Film transparency of guests playing a game of Craps, Las Vegas, circa 1930-1950s
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