Audio recording clip of interview with Cora Williams by Kathlyn E. Wilson, March 11, 1975
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Williams, Cora Wilson, Kathlyn E
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Part of an interview with Cora Williams by Kathlyn E. Wilson on March 11, 1975. Williams describes early housing in West Las Vegas and explains how blacks helped each other build homes despite their inability to obtain loans.Collector: Why did you move from Monroe and Freeman? Williams: Well, at the time we were living in shacks on Monroe, (laughter). And the housing [federally subsidized housing], Marble Manor did not come to Las Vegas until about 1953 [1952], Marble Manor was the only decent housing units. You couldn't get a loan on any house in West Las Vegas. All Black people lived in West Las Vegas. Collector: Do you mean that Black people were restricted from living in other areas of town? Williams: That's right. That's exactly what I mean. Collector: So it was almost impossible to build or do any property improvement at that time? Williams: Right, and the loan companies didn't start lending money until 1950. The federal government was lending money in 1953 to West Las Vegas home builders. Then along came First Western [now First Western Savings and Loan Association but originally chartered as Silver State Building and Loan Association on August 5, 1952. Ed.] I guess in about that same yea
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