Classmate Profile for Jam Gay, Las Vegas High School Class of 1968
Contents:
- VOIC: AN EXPLORATN OF BLACK LAS VEGAS THROUGH THE ROURC UNLV SPECIAL COLLECTNS AND ARCHIV: JIMMY GAY
- JAM A. “JIMMY” GAY III’S SON PHILIP GAY SPEAKS AT THE SEPT. 25 DITN CEREMONY FOR HIS FATHER’S STAR AT THE GARN OF DREAMS AT PALM DOWNTOWN MORTUARY AND CEMETERY. (F. ANDREW TAYLOR/VIEW)
- JAM A. “JIMMY” GAY III’S SON PHILIP GAY SPEAKS AT THE SEPT. 25 DITN CEREMONY FOR HIS FATHER’S STAR AT THE GARN OF DREAMS AT PALM DOWNTOWN MORTUARY AND CEMETERY. (F. ANDREW TAYLOR/VIEW)
- JAM A. "JIMMY" GAY III ORAL HISTORY TERVIEW (OH-00664)
- JIMMY GAY ORAL HISTORY TERVIEW: D CLIP
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VOIC: AN EXPLORATN OF BLACK LAS VEGAS THROUGH THE ROURC UNLV SPECIAL COLLECTNS AND ARCHIV: JIMMY GAY
Jam A. “Jimmy” Gay III's son Philip Gay speaks at the Sept. 25 ditn ceremony for his father's star at the Garn of Dreams at Palm Downtown Mortuary and Cemetery. (F. Andrew Taylor/View) * jimmy gay las vegas *
Dpe ially facg more racial discrimatn 1946 Las Vegas than he did back home Arkansas, Jimmy Gay mataed his kd and exuberant nature and ma him unstoppable. Born Fordyce, Arkansas, Gay gaed valuable experience workg for a proment whe fay the South and leveraged while workg as a so executive Las Vegas. From the start, Gay was eply mted and volved the Black muny Las Vegas.
In 1958, Gay was appoted by Governor Grant Sawyer to serve as the first Black member of the Navada Athletic Commissn. That same year, Gay helped found the Valley View Golf Club wh the missn to troduce and teach golf to mory youth Southern Nevada.
JAM A. “JIMMY” GAY III’S SON PHILIP GAY SPEAKS AT THE SEPT. 25 DITN CEREMONY FOR HIS FATHER’S STAR AT THE GARN OF DREAMS AT PALM DOWNTOWN MORTUARY AND CEMETERY. (F. ANDREW TAYLOR/VIEW)
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Gay played golf om a young age Arkansas, and was extremely proud of his athletic abili.
JAM A. “JIMMY” GAY III’S SON PHILIP GAY SPEAKS AT THE SEPT. 25 DITN CEREMONY FOR HIS FATHER’S STAR AT THE GARN OF DREAMS AT PALM DOWNTOWN MORTUARY AND CEMETERY. (F. ANDREW TAYLOR/VIEW)
Early Las Vegas civil rights lear Jam A. “Jimmy” Gay III was honored by havg the first star on the Garn of Dreams dited his honor Sept. 25. * jimmy gay las vegas *
In addn to his muny work, Gay was known to work more than one job. Ultimately, Gay’s service to his muny phed the lims of tegratn the so dtry and played a val part the wir effort to segregate Las Vegas.
JAM A. "JIMMY" GAY III ORAL HISTORY TERVIEW (OH-00664)
Jimmy is a tribman om the East, who liberated himself om Legn slavery and now works as a prostute for Pretty Sarah, at the Casa Madrid Apartments Wtsi Fallout: New Vegas. As an openly gay man, he provis sight to the experienc and challeng of LGBT people the... * jimmy gay las vegas *
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Jimmy Gay oral history terview. Hazel Gay oral history terview. Jam Arthur Gay IV, 59, passed away April 5, 2009, Las Vegas.
Jam was preced ath by his parents, Hazel and Jam Gay III.
JIMMY GAY ORAL HISTORY TERVIEW: D CLIP
Jam A. “Jimmy” Gay III's son Philip Gay speaks at the Sept. 25 ditn ceremony for his father's star at the Garn of Dreams at Palm Downtown Mortuary and Cemetery. (F. Andrew Taylor/View) * jimmy gay las vegas *
“Jimmy” Gay III was honored by havg the first star on the Garn of Dreams dited his honor Sept. Gay was a muny and bs lear who helped break lor barriers as the first black mortician Las Vegas and the first black so executive. The scriptn outlg Gay’s life and achievements are on the digny lumbarium.
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25 event for Gay and relled his life. Las Vegas Cy Councilman Bob Coff said he remembered Gay as an energetic and enthiastic person who was a iend to all. Gay’s tramark se belied his volvement plited tim.
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“I never saw my dad angry, ” said his son, Philip Gay, durg the ceremony.
Gay moved to Las Vegas 1947 for the health of his wife, Hazel, but the llege-ted star athlete had trouble fdg work, eventually takg a job as a ok. Philip Gay relled that on the openg night at the Sands, when the so took more than $1 ln, only two people were allowed the unt room.
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Gay worked at the Sands at a time when blacks weren’t allowed the ont doors, and the cy was lled “the Mississippi of the Wt. Harry Reid livered on the floor of the Senate outlg Gay’s many achievements.