The Free Life of a Ranger: Archie Murchie in the U.S. Forest Service, 1929-1965

Science & Math

King, R. T.

Technology

Univ of Nevada Pr

<p>Playing the Cards That Are Dealt: Mead Dixon, the Law, and Casino Gaming : From Oral History Interviews With Mead Dixon</p>

Playing the Cards That Are Dealt: Mead Dixon, the Law, and Casino Gaming : From Oral History Interviews With Mead Dixon

Adams, Ken

Dixon, Mead

Biographies & Memoirs

Hang Tough!: Grant Sawyer - An Activist in the Governor's Mansion (University of Nevada Oral History)

Elliott, Gary

Sawyer, Grant

Leaders & Notable People

Univ of Nevada Oral History

Hang Tough!: The Public Life of Grant Sawyer, Governor of Nevada, 1959-1966 : From Oral History Interviews With Grant Sawyer

Regional U.S.

<p>"...the reader is taken on a remarkable eyewitness trip through a half-century of the history, the traditions, and the lore of casino gaming. From oral history interviews with Warren Nelson, conducted by Ken Adams, a narrative composed by R. T. King, assisted by Gail K. Nelson, Warren's daughter.</p>

Always Bet on the Butcher: Warren Nelson and Casino Gambling, 1930S-1980s

Nelson, Gail

Nelson, Warren

University of Nevada, Reno Oral History Program

Fighting Back is James B. McMillan's memoir of a life spent fighting racial discrimination in its many forms, and beating it. This is no plaintive litany of injustices: McMillan's style is to confront problems directly, deal with them, and move on. His story is personal, but it is also representative of the experiences of thousands of other African-Americans who stood and fought to achieve equality under the law. In 1955 McMillan moved his family to Las Vegas. He liked the place from the beginning - it was a twenty-four hour town, with lots of live entertainment, gambling, sunshine, and money - but he encountered the same type of racial discrimination there that he had lived with all of his life. He would not put up with it. Within a year of his arrival he was speaking out and attacking segregation in Las Vegas with such passion and vehemence that he was elected president of the local branch of the NAACP. Under his leadership, and following the example of civil rights activists in the South, the branch was soon taking direct, confrontational action to end overt segregation on the Las Vegas Strip; and in 1960, end it they did, in dramatic and surprising fashion. McMillan's story does not end with the desegregation of the Strip; he has continued to combat racism in all its guises, with considerable success. Following a penetrating and provocative analysis of affirmative action, bussing, the Black Muslims, and other current civil rights controversies, Fighting Back concludes with McMillan and his wife Marie reflecting on the hazards and rewards of their interracial marriage.

Fighting Back: A Life in the Struggle for Civil Rights

History

Elliott, Gary E.

McMIllan, James B.

Americas

Every Light Was On: Bill Harrah and His Clubs Remembered

University of Nevada, Oral History Program

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