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African Americans in Las Vegas: a Collaborative Oral History Project

"A true community project combining the efforts of community advisors, regional cultural heritage repositories, and city and county agencies, this project collected oral histories as well as photographs, documents, and manuscripts. Community members includes Hannah Brown, Sonya Horsford, Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Courtney Mooney, Todd Robinson, Carrie Sampson, and Brenda Williams. Partner institutions included Henderson Public Library, City of Las Vegas, Clark County Museum, Las Vegas Clark County Public Libraries, the UNLV Libraries, Weiner-Rogers Law Library at UNLV's Williams S. Boyd School of Law, Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas National Bar Association, and Vegas PBS."

Source: https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/ohrc/projects