Documentary Screening: Storming Caesars Palace
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Documentary Screening: Storming Caesars Palace In-Person
Join the UNLV University Libraries for a special screening of the documentary, “Storming Caesars Palace,” which tells the story of Ruby Duncan and a band of mothers who launched a revolutionary Black feminist anti-poverty movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
After being injured at her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas, Ruby Duncan joined a welfare rights group of mothers who defied notions of the “welfare queen.” In a fight for guaranteed income, Ruby and other equality activists organized protests that shut down Caesars Palace.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The screening begins at 6 p.m. A Q&A will follow the screening.
Host
- Claytee White, Director, Oral History Research Center
Special Guest
- Hazel Gurland-Pooler, Director
- Sondra Phillips-Gilbert, Social Worker, Film Participant, and Ruby Duncan's daughter
Free and open to all.
Refreshments will be provided.
- Date:
- Tuesday, September 26, 2023
- Time:
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Lied Library - Goldfield Room - 3rd floor
- Campus:
- UNLV Maryland (Main) Campus
- Audience:
- Alumni Community/Public Faculty & Staff Graduate/Professional Students Undergraduate Students
- Categories:
- Library Event
Registration has closed.