Lewis, Marzette, 1940-

Birth Date
Has Affiliation
Has Affiliation
Birth Place
Associated Language
Field of Activity
Community organization
(lcsh) Education--Nevada--Las Vegas
(lcsh) Busing for school integration--Nevada--Las Vegas
(lcsh) Educational equalization--Nevada--Las Vegas

found: Transcript of an interview with Marzette Lewis, 2012:abstract (Marzette Lewis, outspoken community activist, especially in the area of local education; founder of WAAK-UP [Westside Action Alliance Korps Uplifting People]; worked to provide equal and quality education Las Vegas children, especially those under-served, poorer neighborhoods; moved to Las Vegas in the 1950s after the murder of her father by the KKK in Quitman, Mississippi; became the first black seamstress at Desert Inn Casino and an executive housekeeper in 1964) transcript (born in 1940 in Quitman, Mississippi)