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Audio clip from interview with Samuel Smith, June 17, 2011

Date

2011-06-22

Description

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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Audio clip from interview with Lovey M. McCurdy, March 19, 1981

Date

1981-03-19

Description

Part of an interview with Lovey McCurdy, March 19, 1981. In this audio clip, McCurdy recalls the 1969 Westside riot.

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Audio clip from interview with Helen Anderson and Karen Walker, February 21, 2014

Date

2014-02-21

Description

Part of an interview with Helen Anderson and Karen Walker, February 21, 2014. In this audio clip, Anderson and Walker (mother and daughter) discuss how their family came to own Hamburger Heaven, and the food they served, including desserts.

Sound

Audio clip from interview with Katherine M. Joseph, October 25, 2004

Date

2004-10-25

Description

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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Audio clip from interview with Rejoyce Williams, June 12, 1996

Date

1996-06-12

Description

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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Audio clip from interview with Essie Lee Jones by Claytee White, June 5, 1996

Date

1996-06-05

Description

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.

Sound

Audio clip from interview with Ruby Amie-Pilot, August 7, 2012

Date

2012-08-07

Description

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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Photograph of Gene Krupa, Louis Armstrong and James Stewart, circa 1954

Date

1954 (year approximate)

Description

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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Photograph of Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille greeted at the airport in Honolulu, no date

Date

unspecified year in XXXX

Description

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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Publicity and performance photographs of Louis Armstrong, 1953-1968

Date

1953 (year uncertain) to 1968 (year uncertain)

Description

Set of black and white photographic prints, black and white negatives and color slide transparencies showing Louis Armstrong performing.

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