Duncan, Katherine Preddy, Sarann Knight White, Claytee D

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Part of an interview with Katherine Duncan and Sarann Knight Preddy (not featured in clip) by Claytee White, November 28, 2004. Duncan describes how she started a black heritage tour of Las Vegas.So now I own the travel agency. I've gone to Africa. I'm leaning more towards the west Las Vegas community because I'm excited about it. My office manager was German, blond hair, blue eyes. I had invited her over to my house one day. I lived on Lake Mead and when I told her that I lived on Lake Mead, she automatically thought it was West Lake Mead. So she got lost on the Westside trying to find my house because she didn't know I lived... So when she finally got to me, she said, "I went into an area of town that I've never been into before. I thought I was in Africa. And everybody was looking at me like what the hell is she doing over here?" I said, "Well, did anybody treat you badly?" She goes, "No. They were just looking at me, and they're so surprised that I'm in this neighborhood." I said, "Well, you know what? What did you think about the neighborhood?" She said, "It's exciting. It's wonderful over there." She said, "I felt like I'm driving down an avenue in Africa." I s

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