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Audio recording clip of interview with Katherine Duncan and Sarann Knight Preddy by Claytee D. White, November 28, 2004
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Part of an interview with Katherine Duncan and Sarann Knight Preddy (not featured in clip) by Claytee White, November 28, 2004. Duncan describes how she started a black heritage tour of Las Vegas.
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Sarann Knight Preddy oral history interview: transcript and digital video, 2012 March 20
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72 Years in Las Vegas by Sarann Knight Preddy manuscript, 2014
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Sarann Knight oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Sarann Knight Preddy conducted by Yvonne R. Hunter on July 16, 1975 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Knight discusses her bar (The Lincoln Bar) in Hawthorne, Nevada and how she built it for the African American community because of limited access to venues due to segregation. Knight then talks about working with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the influence that gambling had on the community.
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Transcript of interview with Sarann Knight by Yvonne Hunter, July 16, 1975
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Interview with Sarann Knight [Preddy] conducted by Yvonne Hunter on July 16, 1975. Preddy moved to Hawthorne, Nevada, in the 1940s, becoming a business owner and president of the NAACP. Later she moved to Las Vegas, where she served as a community activist and worked as one of the first black 21-dealers.
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Preddy, Sarann Knight
Sarann Preddy was born July 27, 1920 in Eufaula, Oklahoma. Sarann Knight Preddy moved to Hawthorne, Nevada, in the 1940s, becoming a business owner and president of the NAACP. Later she moved to Las Vegas, where she served as a community activist and worked as one of the first black 21-dealers. Preddy bought the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada and worked to preserve the building and its history. She passed away on December 22, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Set of photographs including party for Troutman, African students, Variety Club, Dr. John Crear and guest, Sarann Knight, Pabst advertisement at Sugar Hill, Youth Group at Second Baptist, and Kit Carson Splash
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Photographer's notations: Party for Troutman, Aug. 66, African students, Variety Club, Dr. John Crear & guest, Sarann Knight, Pabst ad at Sugar Hill, Youth Group at Second Baptist, Kit Carson Splash.
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Party for Troutman; African students; Variety Club; Dr. John Crear and guest; Sarann Knight; Pabst advertisement at Sugar Hill; Youth Group at Second Baptist; Kit Carson Splash: photographic negative, 1966
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