Lecture notes of Former Nevada State Archivist Guy Louis Rocha from the Henderson Speaks! panel discussion: The Economic Impact of Henderson Industrial Plants on Southern Nevada and Race Relations at the World War II-era BMI Plants, October 11, 2013

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Title:
Lecture notes of Former Nevada State Archivist Guy Louis Rocha from the Henderson Speaks! panel discussion: The Economic Impact of Henderson Industrial Plants on Southern Nevada and Race Relations at the World War II-era BMI Plants, October 11, 2013
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Lecture notes of Former Nevada State Archivist Guy Louis Rocha from the Henderson Speaks! panel discussion: The Economic Impact of Henderson Industrial Plants on Southern Nevada and Race Relations at the World War II-era BMI Plants, hosted by the Henderson Historical Society at the College of Southern Nevada, October 11, 2013. The panel event also featured speeches by Former Governor and U. S. Senator Richard Bryan and Former Nevada State Senator Joe Neal, moderated by Dr. Peter La Chapelle, Associate Professor of History, Nevada State College. Rocha describes the political careers of Pat McCarran and Vail Pittman with respect to labor and race relations in Nevada and at BMI in particular.
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The Henderson Speaks! event for which this speech was written was produced by the Henderson Historical Society. For more information about the Henderson Historical Society, please visit http://hendersonhistoricalsociety.org

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