Transcript of interview with D. D. Cotton by Claytee D. White, February 14, 1997
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Interview with D. D. Cotton conducted by Claytee D. White on February 14, 1997. Raised in New York City, Cotton arrived in Las Vegas as a dancer in Cab Calloway's traveling production "The Cotton Club." During a period of strained race relations, she stood for equal rights as the first black cocktail waitress on the Strip and one of the first black dealers.An Interview with D. D. Cotton An Oral History Conducted by Claytee White Las Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertainment Oral History Project University of Nevada, Las Vegas 1998 ©Las Vegas Women in Gaming & Entertainment Oral History Project, UNLV, 1998 Produced by: Las Vegas Women in Gaming and Entertainment Oral History Project Department of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 89154-5020 Director and Editor: Joanne L. Goodwin Project Assistant and Text Processor: Dona Gearhart The recorded interview and transcript have been made possible through the generosity of the Foundation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The History Department of the university provided a home for the project and a wide variety of in-kind services. The department, as well as the college and university administration, enabled students and faculty to work together with community members to generate this selection of first-person narratives. The participants in this project thank the universitD. D. Cotton started dancing at four or five years of age. She grew up in the Sugar Hill section of Harlem, a section that was home to the black middle class of the time. Railroad porters lived...
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