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Audio recording clips of interview with Hazel Gay by Claytee D. White, December 2, 1995
Three audio clips from an interview with Hazel Gay conducted by Claytee D. White on December 2, 1995. Hazel and her husband Jimmy Gay moved to Las Vegas in 1946, becoming leaders in the African American community during the civil rights era. In the clips, Gay recalls the Moulin Rouge from her perspective as manager of the dress shop.
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Jimmy Gay at his desk: portrait photograph
Black and white portrait photograph of Jimmy Gay working at his desk, dated 1946.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Jerry Eppenger by Claytee D. White, September 14, 2011
Part of an interview with Jerry Eppenger by Claytee D. White on September 14, 2011. Eppenger describes his arrest for a curfew violation while leaving work following a riot on the Westside in 1969.
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Audio recording clip of interview with Mozella Sheds Scott by Claytee D. White, November 30, 2010
Part of an interview with Mozella Sheds Scott conducted by Claytee D. White on November 30, 2010. Scott describes working in a commercial kitchen and leaving her job to attend Nevada Southern University (UNLV).
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Evolution of a Black Community in Las Vegas: 1905 - 1940
Essay by Roosevelt Fitzgerald exploring the history of the black community in Las Vegas from its founding in 1905 through the 1930s.
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Black Entertainers in Las Vegas: 1940 - 1960
Essay by Roosevelt Fitzgerald reflecting on black entertainers during the early days of the Las Vegas Strip, dated 1988.
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Newspaper clippings from the Las Vegas Review-Journal of articles by Mary Hausch on desegregation of Clark County Schools, 1973
Group of articles by Mary Hausch for the Las Vegas Review-Journal in 1973 on the issue of integration of Clark County Schools.
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Photograph at Berkley Square Historic District banner unveiling event, February 9, 2013
Councilman Ricki Barlow is interviewed for 8 News Now at the unveiling of community banners event in the Berkley Square neighborhood of Las Vegas, February 9, 2013.
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Photograph at Berkley Square Historic District banner unveiling event, February 9, 2013
Courtney Mooney, Historic Preservation Officer for City of Las Vegas, is interviewed by the media during the unveiling of the banners in the Berkley Square neighborhood of Las Vegas, February 9, 2013.
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Photograph at Berkley Square Historic District banner unveiling event, February 9, 2013
Juana Leia Jordan (Delta Sigman Theta Sorority) speaks with Claytee White (UNLV Oral History Research Center) at the Berkley Square Historic District banner unveiling, February 9, 2013.
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