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Las Vegas Sentinel Voice, October 20, 1983

Date

1983-10-20

Description

Full edition of the October 20, 1983 issue of the Las Vegas Sentinel-Voice.

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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter graduate advisor report

Date

1997-12 to 1998-11-07

Description

From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.

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Audio clip from interview with Lawrence Weekly by Claytee D. White, April 22, 2013

Date

2013-04-22

Description

Audio clip from interview with Lawrence Weekly by Claytee D. White, April 22, 2013. Weekly talks about the struggles of being an elected official on the Westside.

Sound

Phi Delta Kappa sorority records

Date

1973

Archival Collection

Description

Folder of materials from the Mabel Hoggard Papers (MS-00565) -- Civic engagement file. National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa certificate, journal, meeting minutes, program, and poem.

Mixed Content

"The Sunset Kid": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald

Date

1980 (year approximate) to 1995 (year approximate)

Description

From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On unacknowledged Black cowboys and soldiers.

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"Williams, man of many firsts": newspaper clipping from the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice

Date

2012-10-25

Description

Obituary for Monroe Williams in the October 25, 2012 edition of Las Vegas Sentinel Voice.

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Las Vegas African American Community Conversations, Part 3: Civil Rights and Entertainment: video

Date

2012

Description

The Las Vegas African American Community Conversations is a four part, one hour round table conversation with local Las Vegans. They share their powerful stories and great history, with topics ranging from “Migration, Civil Rights, Education, Church, Entertainment and the Early Legal Community”. Part Three: A conversation about ” Civil Rights and Entertainment” MODERATOR- Claytee D. White (Director-Oral History Research Center) PANELISTS- Lonnie G Wright (College Professor/Business Owner) LaVerne C. Ligon (Director- Simba Talent Development Center Inc.) Walter Mason (Director-IRA Aldridge Theater) Leonard Pock Jr. (Retired Stagehand) B.J. Thomas (Retired Stagehand)

Moving Image

Transcript of interview with Rev. Marion D. Bennett, Sr. by Claytee D. White, January 12, 2004

Date

2004-01-12

Description

Interview with Rev. Marion D. Bennett, Sr. conducted by Claytee D. White on January 12, 2004. Bennett grew up in Greenville, South Carolina and graduated from Morris Brown College before earning his Master of Divinity from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. He moved to Las Vegas in 1960 to pastor Zion United Methodist Church, ultimately growing his congregation to over six hundred members. Bennett speaks candidly about the racial tension that the Las Vegas community endured during integration and his fight to establish the Equal Rights Commission in Nevada. In 1973, he ran for the Nevada State Assembly and served for ten years, focusing on quality education and employment along with healthcare and equal rights.

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Audio recording clip from an Interview with Eva G. Simmons by Claytee D. White, February 4, 2013

Date

2013-02-04

Description

Part of an interview with Eva Simmons by Claytee D. White on February 4, 2013. Simmons talks about the formation of Les Femmes Douze, a scholarship-granting organization, that she helped found.

Sound

Las Vegas African American Community Conversations, Part 4: Early African American Legal Community: video

Date

2012

Description

The Las Vegas African American Community Conversations is a four part, one hour round table conversation with local Las Vegans. They share their powerful stories and great history, with topics ranging from “Migration, Civil Rights, Education, Church, Entertainment and the Early Legal Community”. Part Four: A conversation about “ Early African American Legal Community” MODERATOR- Rachel Anderson (Professor-UNLV Boyd School of Law) PANELISTS- Michael L. Douglas (Justice-Supreme Court of Nevada) Karen Bennett (Justice- Las Vegas Justice Court) Booker Evans (Greenberg Traurig, LLP) John R. Bailey ( Attorney/Managing Partner Bailey Kennedy) Timothy C. Williams (Justice-District Court)

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