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Transcript of an interview with Hazel Geran by Claytee D. White on August 30, 2000
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Archival Collection
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Hazel Geran was an employee of the Equal Opportunity Board in 1972, and was still working there at time of this interview. Her first job in Las Vegas in 1948 was as a keno writer at Cotton Club on the Westside.
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Transcript of interview with Eva Whaley conducted by Claytee White, May 13, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Whaley moved to Las Vegas from rural Arkansas in the early 1960s. She and her husband owned restaurants
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Alversa Beals and Essie Henderson oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Essie Henderson and Alversa Beals conducted by Claytee D. White on November 23, 2007 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Henderson discusses her upbringing in Chatfield, Texas and her family, who were farmworkers. Beals talks about her early life in Sondheimer, Louisiana, moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955, and her employment as a maid at the Flamingo Hilton. Henderson then recalls her first job as a hotel maid, the businesses on the Westside, and describes popular night clubs during the late 1960s. Lastly, Beals and Henderson describe the Welfare Rights Movement that took place in Las Vegas during the 1970s.
Archival Collection
Berna Rhodes-Ford oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Berna Rhodes-Ford conducted by Claytee D. White on September 25, 2018 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Rhodes-Ford discusses her early life in Terrell, Texas. She talks about the significance of education in her life, attending Southern Methodist University, and going to law school at the University of Texas at Austin. Rhodes-Ford recalls arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000, working as a judicial clerk for Judge Johnnie Rawlinson, and establishing her own law firm. Rhodes-Ford remembers joining The Links, Incorporated, and Jack and Jill of America. Lastly, Rhodes-Ford discusses her role as President of the Las Vegas Chapter of Jack and Jill of America.
Archival Collection
Photograph at Berkley Square Historic District banner unveiling event, February 9, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Councilman Ricki Barlow is interviewed for 8 News Now at the unveiling of community banners event in the Berkley Square neighborhood of Las Vegas, February 9, 2013.
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Transcript of interview with Hazel Gay by Claytee D. White, December 2, 1995
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Hazel Gay conducted by Claytee D. White on December 2, 1995. Hazel and her husband Jimmy Gay moved to Las Vegas in 1946, becoming leaders in the African American community during the civil rights era.
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LaVerne Ligon, B. J. Thomas, and Leonard Polk oral history interview
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Oral history interview with LaVerne Ligon, B. J. Thomas, and Leonard Polk conducted by Claytee D. White on July 09, 2012 and July 18, 2012 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Ligon, Thomas, and Polk discuss their personal early dancing careers, their varied experiences in Las Vegas, Nevada during segregation, and working for
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Reverend Marion D. Bennett, Sr. oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Marion Bennett conducted by Claytee D. White on July 02, 2009 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Bennett discusses the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People’s historic involvement in the integration of casinos and other businesses, schools, and housing. He recalls the Freedom Fund dinners and the protests that were held in Las Vegas, Nevada. He then cites the process of integration in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Audio recording clip of Interview with Simeon Holloway by Claytee D. White, April 19 and April 20, 2013
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Archival Collection
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Part of an interview with Simeon Holloway by Claytee D. White, April 19, 2013. Holloway tells of receiving honorary music degree from the School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia, 40 years after World War II in 1981.
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Transcript of an Interview with James Jones, Jr. by Barbara Tabach, February 28, 2013
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Archival Collection
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James worked for over 30 years at the Test Site before becoming a funeral director at Thomas & Jones Funeral Home. Raised family on Westside.
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