Sherita Childress, a licensed clinical social worker and therapist, has been working in Las Vegas for nearly 20 years.
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Gwen Walker’s five-decade old mission to preserve and teach Black history was born out of a discouraging visit to the library.
The typically tranquil atmosphere around the Springs Preserve natural habitat was awash Saturday with live music and an abundance of smiling faces at the 15th annual Black History Month Festival.
The exhibit’s title is an especially appropriate word to describe artist Kamora Jones’ artwork now on display and to describe Jones herself.
A principal, a doctor, a small business owner met Tuesday and discussed how to work with police to build safer neighborhoods around the valley.
Opened in 1955, the Moulin Rouge was the first racially integrated resort in Las Vegas.
A local couple has created a Facebook group for the Black community that they found was lacking representation when they moved to Henderson.
Fifteen retired Black employees of the Metropolitan Police Department are sharing their experiences with the agency as part of a new video project, which Metro says is believed to be the first of its kind.
Culinary Local 226 Vice President Leain Vashon has been part of the union for more than 40 years.
“I love having a job where it’s part of my job to be of service,” said Rachel Anderson, who was the first Black general counsel for the Nevada attorney general’s office.
“I don’t look at the world in black and white,” said Dr. Fermin Leguen, who leads the Southern Nevada Health District.
The initiative of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Foundation is to forge relationships between the Southern Nevada Black community and local law enforcement.
Community centers on the Historic Westside offer athletics, resources and a central location for neighbors to get to know each other.
A panel of local leaders, community activists and educators looked to the past and the future during a discussion Saturday about Las Vegas’ Historic Westside.
Metropolitan Police Department officers picked up retired Detective Herman Moody, the first Black police officer in Las Vegas history, from his house and took him to the Clark County government center, where officials dedicated a proclamation in his honor.
Carlos Hank climbed the ranks at Metro from patrol officer to sergeant to lieutenant to captain, now heading the agency’s Internal Oversight and Constitutional Policing unit.
Local student Symone Moore is getting the future she has always dreamed of thanks to a scholarship.
The Mob Museum kicked off Black History Month with a panel discussion celebrating the state’s “Black legal trailblazers.”
This year’s celebration of Black History Month is as varied as Southern Nevada’s African American community.
Trina Jiles, owner of Gritz Cafe, reminisced Thursday about her previous career when she became the first Black female firefighter for Clark County.
The annual Taste and Sounds of Soul festival organized by Las Vegas Black Image Magazine is going virtual this year.
