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Las Vegas Citizens Committee for Community Improvement meeting minutes, April 22, 1968, 1968 April 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection on the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe
Box/Folder: Box 01 (Restrictions apply)
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Kevin M. Kelly oral history interviews
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Oral history interviews with Kevin M. Kelly conducted by Dennis McBride on September 08 and 22; and November 10, 2000 for the Las Vegas Gay Archives Oral History Project. In the interviews, Kelly talks about his family and early life in Boston, Massachusetts with a focus on his Catholic upbringing. He recalls his law education, serving in the United States Army during the Vietnam War for eleven years, and discovering his sexuality in 1966 while working in the Boston City Hospital. Kelly then describes being discharged from the military due to allegations of being gay, and his family's reaction. He then recalls moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1978, where he was involved in a robbery and shooting incident with a male sex worker in 1982. Kelly goes on to recall the trial that proceed the incident and how it publicly outed him. He details how he was charged with felony sodomy and ultimately lost his job as a result of the trial. Finally, he talks about serving on a task force to investigate bias in Nevada's court system in 1992 and being honored in 1994 by the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada for his work.
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#05080: Business of Murder - Archive, 1983 September 22
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: University of Nevada, Las Vegas Creative Services Records (1980s)
Box/Folder: N/A
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Frontier Strike: first arrest, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1991 September 22 (Folder 2 of 2), image 22
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Picket at the El Cortez Hotel, Culinary Union, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1988 April 22 (folder 1 of 1), image 22
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Photograph of Chabad of Las Vegas community room, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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The Chabad of Las Vegas community room at 1261 Arville Street.
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Photograph of Women's Mikva at Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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The Women's Mikva as seen at the Chabad of Las Vegas at 1261 Arville Street.
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Photograph of Chabad of Las Vegas men's Mikva, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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The men's Mikva as seen at the Chabad of Las Vegas at 1261 Arville Street.
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Vegas PBS Interviews for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project
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Oral history interviews with Ruby Amie Pilot, Eva G. Simmons, Melvin Sanders, Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Hannah Brown, Sonny Thomas, and Claytee White conducted by Vegas PBS on April 01, 2013, April 02, 2013, April 12, 2013, and November 19, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In these interviews, the participants discuss their early lives and moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Pilot talks about segregation on the Las Vegas Strip, integration, and the importance of church activities in the African American community. Simmons describes her career as a teacher, the schools on the Westside, and businesses on Jackson Street. Thomas describes the funeral industry and his role as a funeral director. McMillan-Arnold talks about segregated Las Vegas, African American entertainers, and the issue of homelessness on the Westside. Brown remembers growing up on the Westside, segregated schools, and her role as President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women – Las Vegas chapter. Lastly, Sanders discusses his childhood in Las Vegas, being the son of a preacher, and the redevelopment of the Westside.
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Photograph of Women's Mikva at Chabad of Las Vegas, Las Vegas (Nev.), September 22, 2016
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Archival Collection
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A waiting room in the Women's Mikva as seen at the Chabad of Las Vegas at 1261 Arville Street.
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