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Unitarian Universalist Church booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1997-05-10

Description

Gay Pride 1997 (Dennis McBride, photographer) Gay Pride 1997, Sunset Park. Unitarian Universalist Church booth.

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Rainbow flag flying at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Pride flag flown at the third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. (5-8-99)

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People seated on benches at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. (4-25-98) Crowd seated at picnic tables.

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Zina Tago relaxing at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

Gay Pride at Sunset Park, 1998. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Zina Tago. At Sunset Park, 4-25-98.

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Flex nightclub float at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

The third annual Gay Pride parade at Sunset Park, 1999. Photographer: Dennis McBride; Flex nightclub float.

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Freezone Nightclub booth at Gay Pride: photographic print

Date

1999-05-08

Description

Gay Pride 1999 at Sunset Park; Photographer: Dennis McBride. Freezone Nightclub booth at Sunset Park. (5-8-99)

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Leah Chan Grinvald oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03920

Abstract

Oral history interview with Leah Chan Grinvald conducted by Stefani Evans and Claytee D. White on January 22, 2024 for the Reflections: the Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Grinvald discusses growing up with a large Chinese family on her father's side, and an Orthodox Jewish family on her mother's side. Grinvald talks about family, identity, traditions, and schooling. She discusses how she became interested in law, her legal career, and volunteer work with the affinity Bars in Nevada, the State Bar of Nevada Board of Bar Governors, and the Association of American Law Schools Deans Council Executive Committee. She also talks about meeting her Israeli husband, marrying him in Israel, and living there for a year.

Archival Collection

Reverend Jay DiCotignano with Dignity Las Vegas in the second annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print

Date

1998-04-25

Description

2nd annual Gay Pride parade 1998 at Sunset Park. Photographer: Dennis McBride. Dignity-Las Vegas. (Rev. Jay DiCotignano on the right end.)

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D. Taylor oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02118

Abstract

Oral history interview with D. Taylor conducted by Claytee White on July 25, 2014 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Taylor recalls the 1984 Culinary Workers Union Local 226 citywide strike for improved health coverage for employees. He also talks about the history of the labor union, its leadership, and the union representative structure giving a larger voice to the racially diverse workforce in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Archival Collection

S. J. Johnson oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02702

Abstract

Oral history interview with S. J. Johnson conducted by Claytee D. White on May 24, 2016 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Johnson discusses his early life in Indianapolis, Indiana and living on his family's farm. He recalls joining the United States Air Force, adjusting to life outside of the family farm, and experiencing discrimination while serving. Johnson talks about being stationed in Panama, joining the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI), and becoming a military officer. Later, Johnson discusses his move to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1982, attending the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and obtaining his teaching license. Lastly, Johnson talks about the importance of education.

Archival Collection