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Las Vegas African American Community Conversations, Part 3: Civil Rights and Entertainment: video

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Creator
Creator: Vegas PBS
Narrator
White, Lonnie
Ligon, LaVerne (1942 July 26-)
Mason, Walter
Pock, Leonard, Jr.
Thomas, B. J.
Date
2012
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 Three: A conversation about ” Civil Rights and Entertainment” MODERATOR- Claytee D. White (Director-Oral History Research Center) PANELISTS- Lonnie G Wright (College Professor/Business Owner) LaVerne C. Ligon (Director- Simba Talent Development Center Inc.) Walter Mason (Director-IRA Aldridge Theater) Leonard Pock Jr. (Retired Stagehand) B.J. Thomas (Retired Stagehand)

Digital ID
ohr000488
Physical Identifier
OH-03599
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1dn42q78
Details
Contributor
Contributor: African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project
Interviewer
White, Claytee D.
Subject
African Americans
Time Period
2010s (2010 - 2019)
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Moving Image
Material Type
audiovisual materials
moving images
Digital Project
African American Experience in Las Vegas
Citation

ohr000488. Las Vegas African American Community Conversations round table interviews, approximately 2012. OH-03599. Video recording. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1dn42q78

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Digital Provenance
Original archival records created digitally
Language

English

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