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Audio recording clip of interview with Jerushia McDonald - Hylton & Suzilene McDonald by Claytee D. White, September 23, 2011
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with sisters Jerushia and Suzilene McDonald by Claytee White on September 23, 2011. Jerushia and Suzilene describe their early childhood on the Westside.
Sound
Audio recording clip of interview with Alma Whitney by Claytee D. White, March 3, 1996
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Alma talks about the 2-3 day long car ride from Tallulah, LA to Las Vegas in 1952.
Sound
Audio recording clips of interview with Hazel Gay by Claytee D. White, December 2, 1995
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Interview with Hazel Gay conducted by Claytee D. White on December 2, 1995. Hazel and her husband Jimmy Gay moved to Las Vegas in 1946, becoming leaders in the African American community during the civil rights era.
Sound
Photograph of 2nd Baptist Church congregation, Las Vegas
Date
Archival Collection
Description
A portion of the congregation at 2nd Baptist church with Bishop C. C. Cox presiding. Civil rights rally
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Audio recording clip from Interview with Barbara Kirkland
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Barbara Kirkland by Claytee White on November 12, 2004. Kirkland discusses the growth of the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority since 1960 and the different projects and scholarships they have worked on throughout the years.
Sound
Consent Decree
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Description
Consent decree alleged a series of violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Plaintiffs who signed agreed to adhere to hire blacks for a 12% of all jobs.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Estralita Williams by Leon B. Green, February 13, 2013
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Estralita Williams by Leon Green on February 13, 2012. Williams discusses a sit-in by black students to participate in school events and how she accidentally became the sit-in's spokesperson.
Sound
Audio recording clip of Interview with Eddie & Johnie Wright
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Eddie Wright, Jr. by Leon Green in the fall of 2012. Wright talks about his different jobs and the part his race played in getting jobs in the workforce.
Sound
Photograph of Eddie and Johnie Wright at their wedding reception, April 25, 1957
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of Eddie and Johnie Wright cutting the cake at their wedding reception.
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