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Video Interview with Melvin Sanders at Vegas PBS, April 1, 2013

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Narrator
Sanders, Melvin
Date
2013-04-01
Description

Melvin Sanders talks about growing up on the Westside as the son of a pastor/auto detailing business owner. He recalls tensions and the joy of his upbringing during the 1960s. He tells a story about working for State Gaming Board at age 16, going to college on a football scholarship, and an encounter with Sonny Liston. Sanders and his brothers inherited his father's auto detailing business.

Digital ID
ohr000805
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d11g0mp69
Details
Contributor
Contributor: African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project
Subject
Families
School children
African American businesspeople
Place
Jackson Street
West Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Resource Type
Moving Image
Material Type
moving images
Digital Project
African American Experience in Las Vegas
Rights
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Standardized Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Original archival records created digitally
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
video/mp4