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Transcript of interview with Cora Williams by Kathlyn E. Wilson, March 11, 1975

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Narrator
Williams, Cora
Date
1975-03-11
Description

Interview with Cora Williams conducted by Kathlyn E. Wilson on March 11, 1975. Born in Louisiana in 1930, Williams arrived in Las Vegas in 1952. She began working as a hotel maid and later owned a beauty shop. Williams discusses the NAACP and housing discrimination.

Digital ID
ohr000214
Physical Identifier
F849.L35 W64
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Subject
African American businesspeople
African American politicians -- Nevada
Businesswomen
Community activists
Discrimination in employment
Discrimination in housing
Elections--Political aspects
Entrepreneurship
Festivals
Hotel cleaning personnel
Hotels -- Employees
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Race relations
Religious institutions
Segregation in education
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

Cora Williams oral history interview, 1975 March 11. OH-01987. [Transcript] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada

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Language

English

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