Growing up the daughter of the pastor of one of Las Vegas’ oldest black churches left an impression on Karen Bennett-Haron.
MLK: 50 years later
Denette Braud didn’t take no for an answer when she was denied a business loan to expand her business into a shopping center.
In his “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his dream that his children, peers and mentors would have the opportunity for quality of life, access to education, and to be seen as human, said Micajah Daniels, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter UNLV.
Four years before his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. left an indelible impression at two speeches in Las Vegas.
Some 50 years after Washington, D.C., added legal protections against discrimination with the Fair Housing Act — a law enacted in the days after the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. — disparity still exists locally and beyond.