[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 37 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING CLAYTEE WHITE, DIRECTOR OF ORAL HISTORY RESEARCH CENTER

  (Ms. LEE of Nevada asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. LEE of Nevada. Madam Speaker, today, in honor of Black History 
Month, I rise to recognize Claytee White, director of the Oral History 
Research Center at the University of Las Vegas.
  Claytee has spent the last 20 years developing an extensive knowledge 
of the city's history and its people, with an expertise on African 
Americans.
  She studied and documented the role of Black performers in 
desegregating Las Vegas, expanding worker rights, and the continued 
fight for equality.
  Madam Speaker, her positive impact on our community doesn't end 
there. She is the founder of the Las Vegas Black Historical Society, a 
hub for those to learn more about the valley's Black community.
  She has held numerous leadership roles at the University of Nevada, 
Las Vegas, and she is past president of the Southwest Oral History 
Association.
  I thank Claytee for all she has done to lift up and preserve the rich 
history of African Americans in Las Vegas.

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