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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, October 2, 1979
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Mason, Brenda
Brenda Mason was born in Texas and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1960 when she was 11 years old. Her extended family left Texas as a result of pressure from the K.K.K.. Some of her early memories of attending integrated schools in Las Vegas include serving on a panel that discussed the impact of integration in the schools. Because of zoning changes, she attended Western High School in her senior year, and served as class president.
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Kenny Bayless oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Kenny Bayless conducted by Eric Billington on November 20, 2014 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Bayless begins the interview by talking about his childhood in California and his religious upbringing. He then discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1972 in order to pursue a career in teaching and coaching track. Bayless discusses his views of Las Vegas upon his arrival, namely the perceptions towards black people in the area. He then details his life as a teacher for the Clark County School District (CCSD), and teaching at the juvenile detention center after his retirement from CCSD. Bayless also discusses the night life in Las Vegas from the 1970s to the present, he talks about the exclusion of black people from certain establishments and the Moulin Rouge Hotel as a respite for black night life in West Las Vegas.
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, April 18, 2005
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, July 31, 2000
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 28, 1984
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Meeting minutes for Consolidated Student Senate University of Nevada, Las Vegas, February 15, 1990
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