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Brewer, Andrew
Andrew "Andy" Brewer was born in and went to high school in La Grange, Georgia. Brewer joined the military and discusses his attempts to get a job after his release, and his experiences in New York City. He shares that after working in a factory, running a driving school, and working as a porter, he ended up as a bus driver for 21 years. After his wife passed away in 1999, Andy was searching for somewhere to retire. He tried the South because his daughters were there, and he lived for a short time in Durham, North Carolina.
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Brown, Jessica E., 1976-
Jessica E. Brown was born on July 08, 1976 in North Canton, Ohio. She moved to Las Vegas in 1987 just before her 10th birthday.
She married Gregory Brown in Ragusa, Sicily in 2006. As of 2009 Jessica Brown is the Web Portal Content Coordinator at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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Buford, Eugene
Eugene Buford came to Las Vegas, Nevada from Birmingham, Alabama, when he was two years old with his mother and grandmother. He held a variety of jobs, including washing dishes at the Last Frontier and delivering ice to casinos like the Flamingo and the Stardust, and ultimately retired after thirty-six years with the Post Office. Buford's great grandmother, Mary Nettles, was instrumental in the formation and growth of the NAACP chapter in Las Vegas, and he recalls meetings in her house and his own role as president of the Junior League NAACP.
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Bowser, Ida M.
Ida Bowser was born in Tallulah, Louisiana, and in 1955 at the age of 10 she was brought to Las Vegas, Nevada to join her mother and other family members. The family originally lived on Washington and H Streets, and later moved to Madison Avenue. Ida and her brothers and sisters attended Madison Elementary School right down the block.
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Blanchard, Lucius, 1942-
Lucius Blanchard grew up in Ahoskie, North Carolina, and attended the University of North Carolina Medical School at Chapel Hill. After acquiring his medical degree, he joined the military for two years and upon leaving became chief resident for the University of Louisville. While there, he took dermatology training and cancer surgery training in the University of Wisconsin allowing him to specialize in skin cancer surgery.
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Childs, Jean S., 1946-
Jean S. Childs was born in Spokqne, Washington on April 30, 1946. Childs moved to Las Vegas with her family in 1962 and attended Ranch High School, along with her twin brother and younger sister. After a brief move back to California, Childs returned to Las Vegas and attended UNLV. After graduation she began work with the Economic Opportunity Board, which administered the Head Start program. She worked at Head Start for twenty-six years starting in 1972. She was also Regional Head Start Director and worked as a private consultant.
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Clarke, Angela, 1932-
Dr. Angela Clarke was born into a very large family in 1932 in Baltimore, Maryland. She joined the women's Air Force and sfter completing her service tour, she went to college on the G.I. Bill.
Among her many awards, she was given a plaque for integrating Air Force swimming pools. After the Air Force, she attended Morgan State College and the University of Maryland.
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Blankinship, Jerome Goss, 1933-2015
Jerome Blankinship was born in Hollywood, California in 1933 to Herman and Helen Blankinship. Jerome grew up as an only child a in suburb of Los Angeles called Huntington Park. He spent his entire childhood in the suburb and finished high school there as well. Then he went on to attend the University of Southern California. He received a degree in education and wanted to be a school teacher, but after a short stint in teaching at the Los Angeles City School District, he discovered that it was not for him.
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Conway, Debbie
Debbie Conway was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi on December 8, 1953. She moved to Las Vegas in 1989 after having lived in Chicago and worked in management for Avon. Conway was elected as Clark County Recorder in 2007. She is the first African American to hold that position in Nevada. She has also worked as a trainer at Levi Strauss, as Clark County's Business Development Manager, and as a producer/host of an economics talk show on KCEP radio.
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Coombs, Joel
Joel Coombs was born in Newport News, Virginia. His parents relocated to Nevada. Joel worked as a jeweler and land surveyor and then got a job building and designing roofs and floors at Truss Plant.
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