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Marcelina Sandusky standing in backyard located within the original Sunrise Acres community with the water tower visible in the background: photographic print
Around the turn of the century, Ramon Sanchez emigrated from Spain to the United States where he became a rancher in Tremonita, New Mexico. Many years later, his son, Cesario, migrated to Liberal, Kansas, to work on the railroad. It was there that his daughter, Marcelina, pictured above, was born and raised and where she eventually met and married her musician husband, Gene Sandusky. In 1941, the Sanduskys moved to Las Vegas where they settled in a new housing tract called Sunrise Acres. Some 45 years later, Mrs. Sandusky stands in her back yard with the original Sunrise Acres community well and water tower looming prominently in the background. Presently, Mrs. Sandusky is working hard to gather the history of that still cohesive neighborhood, one of the earliest in Las Vegas.
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Candel, Sandra, 1968-
Sandra Candel is a native of Guadalajara, Mexico, where she was raised by her maternal grandparents and extended family. She describes what she refers to as “a legacy of migrants” within her family including her often absent mother.
As a child she was instilled with a love of education and the value of hard work. As a young adult, she migrated to the United States, southern California specifically. There she joined her mother and began her higher education.
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Conner, Louis Alfred, Sr., 1942-2020
Louis Alfred Conner Sr. was born September 16, 1942 to Hazel Blalark and Clarence Conner in Tallulah, Louisiana. Louis was an activist who gave tirelessly of his time and resources to his community. He was the first African American Food and Beverage Director in a Las Vegas casino. He served as a Commissioner of the Las Vegas Housing Authority, President of the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, President of the Nevada Black Chamber of Commerce and a board member for the Las Vegas Boys and Girls Club.
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Las Vegas African American Community Conversations, Part 4: Early African American Legal Community: video
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 Four: A conversation about “ Early African American Legal Community” MODERATOR- Rachel Anderson (Professor-UNLV Boyd School of Law) PANELISTS- Michael L. Douglas (Justice-Supreme Court of Nevada) Karen Bennett (Justice- Las Vegas Justice Court) Booker Evans (Greenberg Traurig, LLP) John R. Bailey ( Attorney/Managing Partner Bailey Kennedy) Timothy C. Williams (Justice-District Court)
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Winston, Leandrew, 1947-
Leandrew Winston was born October 06, 1947 in Grady, Arkansas, and migrated first to California and then to Las Vegas, Nevada. In Las Vegas, Winston became a well-connected figure in the African American community and often told stories about his experiences with police brutality. He chose to work in public broadcasting, and in 1971 became the first African American to work at PBS at Channel 10. Winston started hosting “Ten on the Black side”, his own television news talk show in 1975, and later became the Minority Affairs Director at Channel 10.
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Hill, Lawrence Chiu, 1972-
Lawerence "Larry" Chiu Hill is at Lawerence C. Hill and Associates. He speaks about his experiences of living in Taiwan and the processes of migrating from Taiwan during middle school to South America and eventually Corpus Christi, Texas where he would spend most of his childhood up until high school. Lawerence speaks on his father's experiences being a gaming marketer during the 90s and being heavily involved in scouting high rollers into Las Vegas casinos.
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