Lubertha Johnson

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Lubertha Johnson (1906-1989), born in Ackerman, Mississippi, moved first to Chicago and later to California before arriving in Las Vegas in 1943 to work at Carver Park, an all-black housing project. She was a member and president of the Las Vegas NAACP and started Operation Independence, an anti-poverty program. She remained active in the black community until her death.

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Photograph
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Photograph courtesy of the University of Nevada Oral History Program.