Oral History Research Center News

The African American Collaborative Project is collecting oral interviews, photographs, and manuscript materials depicting the overarching, pivotal experiences of blacks in Las Vegas.

The project’s span is from 3 – 5 years with partners that include

  • UNLV Libraries
  • Vegas PBS
  • Las Vegas Clark County Public Libraries
  • Las Vegas National Bar Association
  • Henderson Libraries
  • Weiner-Rogers Law Library
  • Nevada State Museum
  • Las Vegas National Bar Association
  • Clark County Museum

A group of community advisors that assisted in organizing a series of panels filmed by Vegas PBS and an ongoing Town Hall Meetings at the West Las Vegas library is comprised of Jarmilla McMillan-Arnold, Hannah Brown, Brenda Williams, Sonya Horsford, EdD, Clare Sampson, Courtney Mooney, and Todd Robinson, PhD. 

For more information please contact the Director of the Oral History Research Center Claytee White or view the Documenting the African American Experience in Las Vegas website.

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