Martin Luther King Jr. should not be “someone who is unapproachable and who exists in this theoretical place,” says Mike Lang, a technology teacher at Dearing Elementary School.
Black History Month
A Mob Museum panel discussion will feature four African-American pioneers and chroniclers of the African-American experience here.
Scores of Las Vegas Valley residents celebrated the accomplishments and contributions of African Americans during the Black History Month Festival at Springs Preserve.
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.”
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.
The clip, which was released on the league’s YouTube channel Monday, features the Golden Knights forward visiting the Las Vegas barbershop Haircutz Don’t Lie and discussing how to make hockey more popular in the black community.
“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.”
Tymara Walker stepped to the mic and asked her audience to stand, and belted out the first notes of “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” Soon the air was thick with the voices of the full audience, who swayed and sang along Saturday, marking the start of the Black History Month Festival at Springs Preserve.
Like his predecessors, President Donald Trump plans to commemorate Black History Month with an official proclamation, a gala and receptions inside the White House to celebrate the contributions of the United States’ black citizens.
Gigi Jordan didn’t win an Oscar for her performance Friday night. But her rendition of the Academy Award-winning song sung by Judy Garland for the 1939 “Wizard of Oz” film, won the hearts of those who watched her at Cambridge Recreation Center.
