Part of an interview with Eva Whaley, May 13, 2013. In this audio clip, Whaley speaks about renting an apartment in a Westside community and purchasing a home through a real estate agent.
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Part of an interview with Samuel Smith, June 22, 2011. In this clip, Smith speaks about his run-in with Las Vegas police when he moved to the area, and the relationship between police officers and the black community.
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Part of an interview with Lovey McCurdy, March 19, 1981. In this audio clip, McCurdy recalls the 1969 Westside riot.
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Part of an interview with Katherine Joseph, October 25, 2004. In this clip, Joseph describes her dancing career, including a stint in Cuba, and her interactions with Josephine Baker and Pearl Bailey at the Cotton Club in Las Vegas in the 1950s.
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Part of an interview with Rejoyce Williams, June 12, 1996. In this clip, Williams talks about working as a hotel maid and avoiding trouble when she was accused of stealing.
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Part of an interview with Essie Lee Jones, June 5, 1996. In this clip, Jones describes racism she encountered while she was working as a waitress.
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Part of an interview with Ruby Amie-Pilot on August 7, 2012. In this clip Amie-Pilot talks about plans to picket Floyd Patterson fight at the Las Vegas Convention Center, because blacks not allowed to attend.
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Black and white photograph of Gene Krupa, Louis Armstrong and James (Jimmy) Stewart, all featured in the Universal-International Motion Picture, "The Glenn Miller Story." Associated Booking Corp. logo at lower right.
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Black and white photograph of Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille in the doorway of an airplane being greeted at the airport in Honolulu. Associated Booking Corp logo at lower right.
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Set of black and white photographic prints, black and white negatives and color slide transparencies showing Louis Armstrong performing.
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