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Royal Barony of the Desert Empire booth 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 annual Gay Pride Parade check-in, image 002: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Crowd watching Cyndi Lauper perform at Gay Pride, image 001: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Flex nightclub float in the third annual Gay Pride parade: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Gay Pride parade paused at Naples and Paradise Road, image 002: 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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Southern Nevada Association of Pride, Inc. booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Alicia Montgomery at the Community Counseling Center booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Unidentified woman at the Community Counseling Center booth at Gay Pride: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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