Nevada Black History, Yesterday and Today, Nevada Black History Project, Reno, Nevada, 1997

Nevada Black History Project Reno, Nevada 1997 NEVADA BLACK HISTORY PROJECT Box 8947 Reno NV 89507 CONTENTS Project Director Dr. Elmer R. Rusco Project Execu Fiscal Agent Executive Nancy Peppin Leonard Woods Photographers Robert Morgan, Jr. Valerie Parks Northern Advisory Committee Dr. Michael S. Coray Patricia Esters Dolores Feemster Lonnie Feemster George Hardaway Jerry Holloway Bertha Mullins Southern Advisory Committee Jamie Coughtry Dr. Jay Coughtry Verlia Davis Roosevelt Fitzgerald Marie Jordan LaVonne Lewis For information on scheduling a travel ing exhibit and/or a videotape on Ne-vada Black history, please contact the Nevada Humanities Committee, Box 8029, Reno, Nevada 89507, 784-6587 or 800-382-5023. INTRODUCTION 3 PIONEERS AND SETTLERS 4 1900-1930s - THE NADIR 4 THE BLACK INFLUX TO SOUTHERN NEVADA 6 THE CONTEMPORARY ERA - STRUGGLE AGAINST DISCRIMINATION NEVADA LEADERS TODAY 8 POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT 8 ADMINISTRATION 10 JOURNALISM 13 ECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENT - A DIFFICULT ASCENT