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Las Vegas African American Community Conversations, Part 3: Civil Rights and Entertainment: video
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Archival Collection
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The Las Vegas African American Community Conversations is a four part, one hour round table conversation with local Las Vegans. They share their powerful stories and great history, with topics ranging from “Migration, Civil Rights, Education, Church, Entertainment and the Early Legal Community”. Part Three: A conversation about ” Civil Rights and Entertainment” MODERATOR- Claytee D. White (Director-Oral History Research Center) PANELISTS- Lonnie G Wright (College Professor/Business Owner) LaVerne C. Ligon (Director- Simba Talent Development Center Inc.) Walter Mason (Director-IRA Aldridge Theater) Leonard Pock Jr. (Retired Stagehand) B.J. Thomas (Retired Stagehand)
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Photograph showing a production of Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden, Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1970
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Archival Collection
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Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Hollywood and All That Jazz: Halo Hi-Jinx
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Photograph showing a production of Pzazz! 70 staged by Donn Arden, Desert Inn Hotel, Las Vegas, circa 1970
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Archival Collection
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Show Name: Pzazz! 70
Performance Name: Hollywood and All That Jazz: The Golden Galaxy
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An impromptu memorial adorns an entrance gate at the site of the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival where 58 people were killed during a mass shooting, looking southwest, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
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Archival Collection
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Following the October 1, 2017 killing of 58 people at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the Las Vegas Strip, the Las Vegas community responded in a variety of ways. To honor the second anniversary of the shooting, various items were left at the site.
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