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Four years before the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee — 50 years ago Wednesday — Las Vegas shared in his historic legacy.
In early 1960, Dr. James McMillan penned a letter to then-Las Vegas Mayor Oran Gragson demanding that the city integrate.
The historic African-American neighborhood in Las Vegas known as the Westside sits at a crossroads — literally and figuratively.
No city matches Las Vegas when it comes to fantasy architecture on a large scale. Today's Strip is home to a volcano, a pyramid, the Arc de Triomphe, a pirate bay and more.
No city matches Las Vegas when it comes to fantasy architecture on a large scale. Today's Strip is home to a volcano, a pyramid, the Arc de Triomphe, a pirate bay and more.
UNLV hosted an Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon on Wednesday as part of an international movement that works to increase representation of women and the arts (artandfeminism.org).
The roots of the Las Vegas Westside — the historically black neighborhood near downtown — predate the city’s 1905 founding.
A swimming pool fenced against an expanse of empty desert; an aerial view of seemingly infinite suburbia; a flooded wash; black ribbons of highway on-ramps. This is the Las Vegas—both mundane and exquisite, yet always monumental in its mastery of hostile land—local photographer Aaron Mayes is recording for posterity.
Es nuestro turno ahora. Translation:“It’s our turn now.” Say gracias to UNLV.
Scores of Las Vegas Valley residents are expected to take in the sights and sounds of the 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade on Monday.
The four boys were ready for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade. One tipped his blue plastic hat and grasped a banner bearing a picture of the civil rights leader and peace activist.
The crosses and the candles and the flowers, the rosaries and the holy cards and the T-shirts and all of the other items left along Las Vegas Boulevard after the Oct. 1 shooting are personal, solitary expressions of sadness, grief and loss for those who lost their lives or were injured.