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"The Reintegration of Las Vegas": paper by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
Date
1989-04-26 to 1989-04-29
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From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Unpublished manuscripts file. Presented at the Western Social Science Association, 31st Annual Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Transcript of interview with Sarann Knight Preddy by Claytee D. White, June 5, 1997
Date
1997-06-05
Description
Interview with Sarann Knight Preddy conducted by Claytee D. White on June 5, 1997. Preddy moved to Hawthorne, Nevada, in the 1940s, becoming a business owner and president of the NAACP. Later she moved to Las Vegas, where she served as a community activist and worked as one of the first black 21-dealers.
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Black Entertainers in Las Vegas: 1940 - 1960
Date
1988
Description
Essay by Roosevelt Fitzgerald reflecting on black entertainers during the early days of the Las Vegas Strip, dated 1988.
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