Parson, Claude H
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Mrs. Parson and her husband, Reverend Claude H. Parson, teachers and ministers, discuss their experiences in Las Vegas. Stella Mason Parson came to Las Vegas as a child in 1942 with her family. She attended elementary and secondary school in Las Vegas and the University of Nevada, Reno. She tells of her experiences with segregation and discrimination in Reno. Nevada elementary schools, secondary schools, and university were not then segregated, but she relates the indignities she suffered outside the classroom. When her family first came to Las Vegas, there was a great shortage of housing for Blacks on the Westside, and Mrs. Parson discusses discrimination practiced by bankers which prevented Blacks from obtaining mortgage loans. She describes the tent homes people were forced to live in, the poor streets, outside toilets, etc. Mrs. Parson notes that opportunities have opened up for Blacks. Now, as opposed to the past, Blacks are in the professions, and she discusses her tea
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