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Jimmy Gay oral history interview: audio clip
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Archival Collection
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Jimmy Gay discusses racism in Las Vegas before and after World War II. He says that prior to WWII, there wasn't a lot of prejudice, and there were only a few African American families. After WWII, he says that the influx of soldiers returning and the migration of Black families from the South led to Las Vegas becoming the "Mississippi of the West."
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David Bryan and David Erickson holding hands at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Transcript of interview with Jimmy Gay by Perry Kaufman, April 12, 1972
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Archival Collection
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Interview with James A. Gay III conducted by Perry Kaufman on April 12, 1972. Arriving in 1946 from Fordyce, Arkansas, Gay became the first African-American mortician in Las Vegas. He later worked as Assistant Manager of the Sands Hotel and Casino and Union Plaza while serving as an executive board member of the Culinary Union. Instrumental in the Las Vegas community, Gay worked to improved race relations, addressing social, economic, and civic issues. Gay was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1988.
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David Parks at the second annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride 1998 (Dennis McBride, photographer); 2nd annual parade, Nevada State Assemblyman David Parks.
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The third annual Gay Pride parade paused by a train: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Third annual Gay Pride Parade lining up: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Unidentified people at the Nevada Outdoors booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Danny Zeiszler holding a rainbow flag at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Audio recording clips of interview with Hazel Gay by Claytee D. White, December 2, 1995
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Archival Collection
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Interview with Hazel Gay conducted by Claytee D. White on December 2, 1995. Hazel and her husband Jimmy Gay moved to Las Vegas in 1946, becoming leaders in the African American community during the civil rights era.
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Second Flex nightclub float in the Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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