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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 34

Description

Israel Independence Day Unites Community in Support of Israel, April 2, 1990, and "Media Advisory," April 2, 1991

Slide of protesters speaking at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, January 15, 1991

Date

1991-01-15

Description

Color image of protesters at an anti-nuclear testing demonstration held in the Nevada desert that was organized by Greenpeace, American Peace Test, and a Shoshone Indians advocate group.

Image

Slide of protesters at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, January 15, 1991

Date

1991-01-15

Description

Color image of protesters at an anti-nuclear testing demonstration held in the Nevada desert that was organized by Greenpeace, American Peace Test, and a Shoshone Indians advocate group.

Image

Slide of protesters at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, January 15, 1991

Date

1991-01-15

Description

Color image of protesters at an anti-nuclear testing demonstration held in the Nevada desert that was organized by Greenpeace, American Peace Test, and a Shoshone Indians advocate group.

Image

Slide of protesters at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, January 15, 1991

Date

1991-01-15

Description

Color image of protesters at an anti-nuclear testing demonstration held in the Nevada desert that was organized by Greenpeace, American Peace Test, and a Shoshone Indians advocate group.

Image

Slide of protesters at a demonstration near the Nevada Test Site, January 15, 1991

Date

1991-01-15

Description

Color image of protesters at an anti-nuclear testing demonstration held in the Nevada desert that was organized by Greenpeace, American Peace Test, and a Shoshone Indians advocate group.

Image

Quincella Rivers oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03647

Abstract

Oral history interview with Quincella Rivers conducted by Claytee D. White on November 20, 2019 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Quincella Rivers began by talking about where she grew up, her family life and history with the arts, and her childhood. She recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1979 to finish college at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and talks about different jobs and organizations she has participated in. Rivers serves as co-chair of the Youth in Arts for Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, President of the Las Vegas Society, Inc., Advisory Board of Forgotten Song Foundation, and sings with Sweet Adeline International. She talks about the histories of some of the organizations, how she helped out in each of them, what their goals were, and what they did for the community. Lastly, she talks about racism in Las Vegas in the past and her personal experience with racism and segregation.

Archival Collection

Felicia Campbell oral history interview

Identifier

OH-00155

Abstract

Oral history interview with Felicia Campbell conducted by Kendra Gage on June 28, 2012 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. In this interview, Campbell discusses her career in education and her advocacy for equal pay for women employees of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She begins by briefly discussing her family history and her education before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1962 to take a professorship at the newly established University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Campbell describes discovering the disparities between the salaries of female professors and male professors, organizing the women faculty on campus, establishing the Women's Caucus, and the litigation she faced from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Campbell also talks about her travels, other issues as they relate to labor and women's rights, and founding the first chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW) in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection

Chelsie Campbell oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03545

Abstract

Oral history interview with Chelsie Campbell conducted by Maribel Estrada Calderón, Laurents Bañuelos-Benítez, and Nathalie Martínez on January 09, 2019 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. In this interview, Campbell discusses her family background and growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada. She talks about her educational experience, her early interest in becoming a lobbyist, and her involvement with the Latin Chamber of Commerce and the Student Organization of Latinos (SOL). Campbell recalls the growth of SOL across Las Vegas, the organization’s efforts with The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, and attending the Boyd Law School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Lastly, Campbell discusses the Latino Enrichment Conference (LEC), the Latin Chamber of Commerce Young Professionals, and Chicanos Por La Causa Nevada (CPLC).

Archival Collection