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Audio recording clip of interview with Estralita Williams by Leon B. Green, February 13, 2013
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Estralita Williams by Leon Green on February 13, 2012. Williams discusses a sit-in by black students to participate in school events and how she accidentally became the sit-in's spokesperson.
Sound
Photograph of Estralita Williams, 2012
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Photo of Estralita Williams
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Audio recording clip of Interview with Eddie & Johnie Wright
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Eddie Wright, Jr. by Leon Green in the fall of 2012. Wright talks about his different jobs and the part his race played in getting jobs in the workforce.
Sound
Photograph of Eddie and Johnie Wright at their wedding reception, April 25, 1957
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of Eddie and Johnie Wright cutting the cake at their wedding reception.
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Photograph of Eddie and Johnie Wright, 1991.
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of Eddie and Johnie Wright.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Helen Anderson Toland by Claytee D. White, February 21, 2007
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Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Helen Anderson Toland by Claytee White on February 21, 2007. Toland discusses her husband, civil rights activist Jim Anderson, and the people who worked in the Las Vegas NAACP.
Sound
Audio clip of Interview with Henry L. Regan Jr. by John Grygo, October 12, 2012
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Part of an interview with Henry L. Regan Jr. by John Grygo on October 12, 2012. Regan discusses racism in high school sports after integration, then Regan's first job as a stock clerk at Vegas Village.
Sound
Photograph of J. T. (John Thomas) McWilliams, Las Vegas, circa 1930s
Date
Archival Collection
Description
Mr. J. T. (John Thomas) McWilliams in front of home on Westside Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas African American Community Conversations, Part 1: Migration, Work, and Community Emergence: video
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Archival Collection
Description
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 One: A conversation about “Early Migration, Work and Community Emergence”. MODERATOR- Trish Geran ( Author/Community Activist) PANELISTS- Lucille Bryant (Community Activist) Jackie Brantley (Former Director-Office of Governor Kenny Guinn) Hannah Brown (Urban Chamber of Commerce) David L. Washington (1st Black Chief of Las Vegas Fire & Rescue Department) Brenda J. Williams (President-Westside School Alumni Foundation)
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Las Vegas African American Community Conversations, Part 2: Education, Economy and Integration: video
Date
Archival Collection
Description
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 Two: A conversation about “Education, Economy and Integration” MODERATOR- Sonya Horsford Ed.D. PANELISTS- Dr. Esther Langston (Professor UNLV) Verlia Davis-Hoggard (Director of Clark County Social Services-Retired) Idan M. Gaines (Regional Representative for Senator Harry Reid) Dr. Linda Young (President-CCSD Board of Trustees)
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