The valley’s earliest African American firefighters will be commemorated Saturday during the “The 2nd Annual Sharing the History of Black Firefighters in Southern Nevada.”
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Judy-Ann Young of northeast Las Vegas was 5 when her stepmother loaded her stepsister and her in a car en route from San Francisco to Alaska, where her father was working as a cement mason.
Dr. Robert Green met Martin Luther King Jr. in 1956 while working as a taxicab driver in San Francisco.
This collection of Black History Month portraits celebrates Las Vegas’ dynamic and inspiring African-American community.
In celebration of Black History Month, Clark County Commissioner Lawrence Weekly hosted a night of culture, entertainment, art and awards Wednesday night at the Smith Center in downtown Las Vegas.
“We’re talking about, how do you navigate stress in face-to-face encounters that relate to race? People get nervous when racial conversations come up,” Stevenson said. “They don’t know what to do. They get tongue-tied and end up making bad decisions in general because of it.”
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