Wright, Lonnie G White, Claytee D

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Interview with Lonnie G. Wright conducted by Claytee D. White on October 23, 2009. Wright played basketball at UNLV and became a successful local educator and businessman. His grandmother worked as a maid for prominent Las Vegans.An Interview with Lonnie Wright An Oral History Conducted by Claytee D. White The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project Oral History Research Center at UNLV University Libraries University of Nevada Las Vegas ©The Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2007 Produced by: The Oral History Research Center at UNLV - University Libraries Director and Editor: Claytee D. White Assistant Editors: Barbara Tabach and Gloria Homol Transcribers: Kristin Hicks and Laurie Boetcher Interviewers and Project Assistants: Suzanne Becker, Nancy Hardy, Joyce Moore, Andres Moses, Laura Plowman, Emily Powers, Dr. Dave Schwartz i i The recorded interview and transcript have been made possible through the generosity of Dr. Harold Boyer and the Library Advisory Committee. The Oral History Research Center enables students and staff to work together with community members to generate this selection of first-person narratives. The participants in this project thaIn the 1940s, over a decade before Lonnie Wright was born, his maternal grandparents and his mother moved from Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to Las Vegas seeking job opportunities. Grandmother Vaughn became a maid to early well-known families such as the Woodburys, the Von Toebels, and former Mayor Hess. Grandfather Vaughn worked at the Nevada Test Site. These grandparents would be major influences in his life, which...

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