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Reverend Fouston Jordon Sr. oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02212

Abstract

Oral history interview with Reverend Fouston Jordan Sr. conducted by Rachel Mack on November 24, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Jordan discusses his early life in Louisiana and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1960. He talks about the lack of skilled jobs for minorities and his experience working at the Nevada Test Site. Jordan then describes the protests and strikes held by Culinary Workers Union members in response to casinos not employing certain minority groups. Later, Jordan discusses the significance that churches had on the African American community and their role to help push for certain civil rights.

Archival Collection

Interview with Robert Rex Brownlee, August 6, 2007

Date

2007-08-06

Description

Narrator affiliation: Astrophysicist, Alt, Test Division Leader, Los Alamos National Laboratory

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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), May 7, 1931

Date

1931-05-07

Archival Collection

Description

If his proposal to run a pipeline to Industrial Unit No. 1 is approved, Bracken will begin construction immediately.

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