Jimmy Gay oral history terview: d clip | UNLV Special Collectns Portal

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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)
• 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
• LAS VEGAS GAY BARS
• FLEX COCKTAIL LOUNGELAS VEGASMENUHOTELSBARSDANCE CLUBSSNASCISE CLUBSTOURSCY GUIGAY WEDDGSGAY MAPFLEX COCKTAIL LOUNGE
• JIMMY'S @ MADISON'SLAS VEGASMENUHOTéISBARRASCLUB DANçASNASCLUB CZEIROSPASSESGUIA DA CIDASAMENTOS GAYSMAPA GAYJIMMY’S @ MADISON’S

VOIC: AN EXPLORATN OF BLACK LAS VEGAS THROUGH THE ROURC UNLV SPECIAL COLLECTNS AND ARCHIV: JIMMY GAY

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.

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)

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.

Gay played golf om a young age Arkansas, and was extremely proud of his athletic abili. 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’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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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.

JAM A. "JIMMY" GAY III ORAL HISTORY TERVIEW (OH-00664)

“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.

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.

“I never saw my dad angry, ” said his son, Philip Gay, durg the ceremony.

JIMMY GAY ORAL HISTORY TERVIEW: D CLIP

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. 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.

LAS VEGAS GAY BARS

Harry Reid livered on the floor of the Senate outlg Gay’s many achievements.

In 1978, the cy of Las Vegas named Jam Gay III Park at Washgton Avenue and D Street for him.

Reid nclud his 1999 speech about Gay by sayg: “This U. Senator is a better man bee of the iendship he enjoyed wh Jimmy Gay, and Nevada is a better state bee of his lifelong fluence to ensure equaly for all. Nothg says gay pri like an extravagant night para downtown Las Vegas!

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Miss Nevada Kataluna Enriquez will also be prent at the openg ceremoni to kick off the most-anticipated eveng for the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr muny. The gay PRIDE Las Vegas para hosts are sure to keep the crowd pumped as the para judg tackle the impossible task of crowng the bt para entry. They’re lookg for the most creative, most outrageo, most bedazzled example of gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr and queer pri.

There will also be several other events throughout the month of October to celebrate gay pri Las Vegas. JIMMY GAY.

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Jimmy Gay was born Fordyce, Ark., and, after llege, studied embalmg science Chigo, Whe says. Then, 1946, Gay and his wife, Hazel, left Arkansas and me to Las Vegas, where Gay beme Las Vegas’ first Ain-Amerin mortician. In 1958, Gay was appoted by Gov.