Acknowledged as one of the most popular and influential political leaders in the State of Nevada, Manuel J. "Manny" Cortez, a 44 year resident of Las Vegas and native of Las Cruces, New Mexico, is shown above speaking at the groundbreaking of the now completed LULAC Senior Center. As a four-term Clark County Commissioner, Cortez has been highly instrumental in the development and funding of many such projects as well as in the overall dynamic growth of Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada.
The Las Vegas Monorail Records (1971-1980) consist of articles, newspaper clippings, agency reports, and correspondence concerning the 1970s effort to construct a Las Vegas, Nevada mass-transit monorail system. Materials document the project conception, development, and ultimate failureroughout the 1970s.
Oral history interview with Thomas Rodriguez conducted by Maribel Estrada Calderón on September 10, 2018 for the Latinx Voices of Southern Nevada Oral History Project. Rodriguez discusses how his grandparents migrated from Mexico to Topeka, Kansas. Rodriguez later discusses moving to Las Vegas, Nevada to work for the Las Vegas Clark County Consortium. He mentions the Latino Youth Leadership Program and his college experience. He goes on to discuss his involvement in the Chicano Movement and Hispanics in Politics and describes the lawsuit he filed against the Clark County School District for employment discrimination. Rodriguez then talks about the Rafael Rivera Community Center and describes the growth of Las Vegas.