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Transcript of interview with Rev. Prentiss Walker by Bernard Timberg, January 27, 1974

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Narrator
Walker, Prentiss
Date
1974-01-27
Description

Interview with Rev. Prentiss Walker conducted by Bernard Timberg on January 27, 1974. Born on an Oklahoma Indian Reservation in 1910, Walker arrived in Las Vegas in 1933 in hopes of working on Hoover Dam construction. After working in various jobs, he became ordained as a Baptist minister. Walker discusses job discrimination and living "uptown."

Digital ID
ohr000216
Physical Identifier
F849 L35 W34
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Details
Subject
Clergy
Discrimination in employment
Discrimination in housing
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Race relations
Religious institutions
Segregation
Place
West Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Resource Type
Text
Material Type
oral histories (literary works)
transcripts
Digital Project
African American Experience in Las Vegas
Citation

Reverend Prentiss Walker oral history interview, 1974 January 27. OH-01902. [Transcript] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las

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Language

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