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"Suddenly Americans": article draft by Roosevelt Fitzgerald
From the Roosevelt Fitzgerald Professional Papers (MS-01082) -- Drafts for the Las Vegas Sentinel Voice file. On Black athletes at the 1988 Seoul, Korea Olympics.
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Elizebeth Dewey Russell oral history interview
Oral history interview with Elizebeth Dewey Russell conducted by Claytee D. White on March 23, 2024 for the African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project. In this interview, Russell talks about her mother, Ruth Bradshaw Dewey, a white woman, who taught at the Westside School (1949-1955), saw Josephine Baker at the El Rancho in 1952, attended the opening night of the Moulin Rouge in 1955, and served as the secretary of the Las Vegas branch of the NAACP for several years. Russell describes living with her mother in the Mayfair deveopment just south of 17th Street at Charleston and graduating from Las Vegas High School. She recalls spending summers with her father, John Bradshaw, in Caliente, Nevada, where he worked as a mechanic for the Union Pacific Railroad.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter meeting minutes (redacted)
From the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Records (MS-01014) -- Chapter records file.
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Michael DeJong oral history interview
Oral history interview with Michael DeJong conducted by David Schwartz on July 06, 2016 for the Slot Operations Oral History Project. DeJong discusses his various positions in Las Vegas, Nevada Strip casinos and how the casino industry has changed during his career. DeJong then talks about his gambling experiences and provides advice to young people who want to go into the slot industry.
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