Transcript of an interview with Theron and Naomi Goynes by Claytee D. White, June 28 and July 12, 2012
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Interview with Theron and Naomi Goynes conducted by Claytee D. White on June 28 and July 12, 2012. A retired school principal, Theron Goynes also served as a North Las Vegas councilman and mayor pro-temp and was the first black in Nevada history to chair a government body. Naomi had thirty-six-year career in local education.An Interview with Theron & Naomi Goynes An Oral History Conducted by Claytee White African Americans in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History Project Oral History Research Center at UNLV University Libraries University of Nevada Las Vegas i ©African Americans in Las Vegas: A Collaborative Oral History Project University of Nevada Las Vegas, 2012 COMMUNITY PARTNERS Henderson Libraries Las Vegas Clark County Public Libraries Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries University of Nevada Las Vegas Libraries Weiner-Rogers Law Library at William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas Las Vegas National Bar Association Vegas PBS Clark County Museum Produced by: The Oral History Research Center at UNLV - University Libraries Director: Claytee D. White Project Manager: Barbara Tabach Transcriber: Kristin Hicks Interviewers, Editors and Project Assistants: Barbara Tabach, Claytee D. White, B. Leon Green, John Grygo, and Delores Brownlee. i i The recorded inTheron and Naomi Goynes' paths crossed in Nashville, Arkansas where they both were young teachers 1956. Theron was a native of Texarkana, Texas and had recently been discharged from the United States Air Force. Naomi, a minister's daughter from Memphis, Tennessee, had just graduated from college. By 1958...
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