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Transcript of interview with Roosevelt Toston by Chanelle Pickens, October 19, 2013
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Interview transcript with Roosevelt Toston by Chanelle Pickens, October 19, 2013. This interview focuses primarily on Roosevelt's career in broadcast journalism in the Las Vegas market and then at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.
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Transcript of interview with Johnny Griffin by Claytee D. White, September 13, 2010
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Interview transcript with Johnny Griffin by Claytee D. White, September 13, 2010. Griffin grew up in Mississippi where he held a job as a golf caddy. He earned a golf scholarship to Jackson State University, and moved to Las Vegas in 1982. He became involved in Municipal Golf Course and the Tiger Woods Foundation.
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Transcript of interview with Ed May by Claytee D. White, July 22, 2010
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Interview transcript with Ed May by Claytee D. White, July 22, 2010. Ed's family was one of the founders of Victory Missionary Baptist Church where they became lifetime members. He was educated at UNLV, Cornell and Harvard, and became an avid golfer.
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Transcript of interview with Courtney Hunt by Claytee D. White, October 2, 2013
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Courtney Hunt, born and raised in Las Vegas, is a co-founder of a CONVICTS a local mototorcycle club involved in community projects.
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Transcript of interview with Lawrence Weekly by Claytee D. White, April 22, 2013
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Transcript of interview with Lawrence Weekly by Claytee D. White on April 23, 2013. Weekly is a native Las Vegan, and grew up on the Westside. He has held positions on the City Council and the Clark County Commission, representing District D.
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Transcript of interviews with J. David Hoggard, Sr. by Claytee D. White and an unnamed interviewer in 1997, 1998, and 1999
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Transcript of interviews with J. David Hoggard, Sr. by Claytee D. White, and unnamed interviewers in 1997, 1998 and 1999. Hoggard moved to Las Vegas in 1945 and became involved in civil rights through the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Economic Opportunity Board.
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Transcript of interview with June and Lewis Whitley by Claytee D. White, November 2, 2007
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Transcript of interview with June and Lewis Whitly by Claytee D. White on November 2, 2007. June and Lewis Whitley moved to Las Vegas as newlyweds in 1958. June worked as a maid and then found a position with Centel Telephone and was on the Board of the Clark County Community College. Lewis worked at Test Site as a cook and later for the Clark County Fire Department.
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Transcript of interview with Mustafa Richards by Claytee D. White, March 10, 2013
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Transcript of interview with Mustafa Richards by Claytee D. White on March 10, 2013. Richards arrived in Las Vegas in 1976 and worked for 25 years at the Imperial Palace, where at one time he was the only black bellman. He is the imam at the Masjid as-Sabur in Las Vegas.
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Transcript of interview with Nathaniel Whaley by John Grygo, March 6, 2013
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Interview with Nathaniel Whaley by John Grygo on March 6 and March 8, 2013. Whaley talks about growing up in Las Vegas and his adult life on the Westside. Nathaniel had a successful high school career as an accomplished athlete and Eagle Scout in the first black Boy Scout troop in the area. Nathaniel would go on to have a fruitful career as a mason and contractor, literally helping build the city of Las Vegas.
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Transcript of interview with Ricki Y. Barlow by Claytee D. White, April 10, 2013
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Transcript of interview with Ricki Y. Barlow by Claytee D. White, April 10, 2013. Barlow is a native of Las Vegas, attended Vo-Tech High School and served as student body president. He is a graduate of UNLV, and in 2007 was elected as Las Vegas City Councilman for Ward 5.
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