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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.

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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.

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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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Audio recording clip from an interview with Hazel Geran

Date

2000-08-30

Description

Part of an interview with Hazel Geran by Claytee D. White on August 30, 2000. Geran talks about The Cove Hotel and Jackson Hotel on Jackson Street.

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Audio recording clip from an interview with Lindell Blake

Date

2006-01-12

Description

Part of an interview with Lindell Blake by Claytee D. White on January 12, 2006. Blake discusses his practice of dancing and the future of tap dancing.

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Audio recording clip from interview with Ruby Duncan by Claytee White, March 2, 2007

Date

2007-02-13
2007-03-02

Description

Part of an interview with Ruby Duncan conducted by Claytee White, March 2, 2013. Duncan talks about the Welfare Rights "sit-in" at the Palms Room at the Stardust Hotel with Mary Wesley and a group of children. Ruby and Mary were arrested and promptly released.

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Audio recording clip from interview with Sonny Thomas by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013

Date

2013-02-28

Description

Part of an inverview with Sonny Thomas conducted by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013. Thomas describes job options when he arrived in Las Vegas in 1959.

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Audio recording clip from an interview with James Jones Jr. by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013

Date

2013-02-28

Description

Part of an interview of James Jones, Jr. conducted by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013 . Jones Jr. highlights his work opportunities and racism in 1959 Las Vegas. In the clip, Jones Jr. discusses his first job in Las Vegas, where he became ill after four hours, and his subsequent job at a neighborhood grocery store.

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