The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sarann Knight Preddy.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 53 min., 25 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2007.121 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Preddy, Sarann Knight, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Gines, Denise, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Sarann Knight Preddy |
| Portion of title | Sarann Knight Preddy |
| Abstract | Gaming entrepreneur Sarann Knight Preddy was born on July 27, 1920 in the small town of Eufaula, Oklahoma. In 1942, Preddy and her family moved to Las Vegas, where she was employed at the Cotton Club as a Keno writer and later a dealer. In 1950, she moved to Hawthorne, Nevada where she purchased her own gambling establishment. Preddy became the African American woman to own a gaming license in Nevada. In 1985, her focus turned to restoring the previous glamour of Las Vegas' first integrated casino, the Moulin Rouge. However, Preddy and her husband, Joe Preddy, were unable to secure the financing needed and eventually sold the hotel to a developer. Preddy made many contributions to the state of Nevada through her involvement in the NAACP, and was known for her efforts to place the Moulin Rouge on the National Register of Historic Places. Preddy passed away on December 22, 2014, at the age of 94. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Denise Gines, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Las Vegas, Nevada 2007 April 4. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2007.121 HistoryMakers |