- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (9 video files (4 hr., 15 min., 16 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Dr. William H. "Bob" Bailey was born on February 14, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from high school at the age of sixteen. At Morehouse College, he studied business law and appeared as a featured singer with the Count Basie Orchestra. In 1950, Bailey enrolled in the School of Radio and Television in New York. He later worked as a co-producer and master of ceremonies for the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. He hosted a variety television show called the Talk of the Town on KLAS Channel 8. It was the first show to be entirely produced, acted and directed by African American talent. Bailey helped desegregate the State of Nevada and has been an outspoken advocate for minority small business and self-sufficiency for over a half of a century. In 2006, a middle school was named in honor of his community and educational contributions.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with William "Bob" Bailey
- William "Bob" Bailey
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994208885
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with William "Bob" Bailey.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
041516
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Denise Gines, interviewer.
Jacques Lesure, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Las Vegas, Nevada 2007 April 5.
Recorded Las Vegas, Nevada 2007 November 2.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Civil Rights Activist Entertainer.
- Added Author
Bailey, William H., 1927-2014, interviewee.
Gines, Denise, interviewer.
Lesure, Jacques, interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.