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Claytee White, director of the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries talked to KNPR's State of Nevada about some of the important landmarks for…
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February is Black History Month, and the Neon Museum is celebrating with an emphasis during its tours on the parts of its collection connected to Black…
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When people think of voter suppression, most people likely think of the efforts in the 40s and 50s to stop Black Americans from voting.At that time…
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Last Friday’s march for the Black Lives Matter movement marked three weekends of demonstrations since George Floyd died at the hands of Minneapolis police…
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, protests, politician action, and court orders chipped away at institutional discrimination in Southern Nevada.One of…
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The roots of the Las Vegas Westside — the historically black neighborhood near downtown — predate the city’s 1905 founding.A year earlier surveyor J.T.…
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The Negro Motorist Green Book, as it was called, was a lifesaver for African-American travelers from 1936 to 1967.Jim Crow laws in the South outlined…
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If you follow the news, you've probably heard of the Moulin Rouge. And no, not the movie or the Paris cabaret it's based on, but rather Las Vegas' first…
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If Las Vegas came close to the "Leave It to Beaver" feel in the 1940s and 50s, it was with the John S. Park neighborhood. Tucked to the East of the Strip,…