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Lisa Hernandez at the Lock, Stock and Leather shop booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Bonita Coleman oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Bonita Coleman conducted by Claytee D. White on February 22, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Coleman discusses her early life in St. Joseph, Louisiana. She shares her experiences helping to raise her 8 siblings while her mother worked to support her family. Coleman briefly discusses the historical race relations of St. Joseph in the 1950s and 1960s from her own experiences growing up. In 1968, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, joining her aunt and sister who had moved here in 1960. Coleman recalls the start of her career in the hospitality industry, and shares what she remembers of her family members' jobs since they all worked in the industry as well.
Archival Collection
Daisy Lee Miller oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Daisy Lee Miller conducted by Claytee D. White on March 22, 2013 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. Miller discusses Las Vegas, Nevada’s education system and raising her children in the Westside community amidst the civil rights movement.
Archival Collection
Ron Guerrero and female impersonator at the second annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Frank Herman at the Lambda Business and Professional Association booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Crowd watching Cyndi Lauper perform at Gay Pride, image 010: photographic print
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Gay Pride 1997 (Dennis McBride, photographer), Sunset Park, 5-10-97. Cyndi Lauper entertaining.
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Crowd watching Cyndi Lauper perform at Gay Pride, image 011: photographic print
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Gay Pride 1997 (Dennis McBride, photographer), Sunset Park, 5-10-97. Cyndi Lauper entertaining.
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Restoration Church of Jesus Christ booth at Gay Pride, image 001: photographic print
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Trula McGee oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Trula McGee conducted by Claytee D. White on March 17, 2021 for African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project.
Trula McGee talks about her experiences growing up in a military family and her time as a student and young adult in the Westside community. She also discusses her employment as a Keno writer and runner at the Sands Hotel and Casino, Castaways Hotel and Casino, and the Silver Slipper Gambling Hall and Saloon and how this led to her meeting both Wayne Newton and Marvin Gaye.
Subjects discussed include: Carver Park; Basic High School; Nevada State Bank; Jackson Ave.; Golden West Shopping Center; Reuben's Supper Club; and Larry's Sight and Sound.
Archival Collection
"Gay Pride Jam" marquee at the Riviera Hotel Casino, image 003: photographic print
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