Community Action against Racism in West Las Vegas

Community Action against Racism in West Las Vegas
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 135
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ISBN-10 : 9780739186787
ISBN-13 : 0739186787
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Book Synopsis Community Action against Racism in West Las Vegas by : Robert J. McKee

Download or read book Community Action against Racism in West Las Vegas written by Robert J. McKee and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles Robert J. McKee's active participation in a successful protest action, led primarily by black females in the historically African American community of West Las Vegas, Nevada, from 2008-2013. The residents protested the closure of a main street (F Street) in their community for the expansion of Interstate 15. The community felt the street closure was racially motivated, with the intent of further alienating and isolating this already marginalized community. The street closure was one of many instances in a protracted history of events that further exacerbated race relations in Las Vegas. With only minimal support from the black church, courageous women mobilized their community from a neighborhood coalition into a successful community protest group, despite resistance from city officials and a racist backlash from some Las Vegas residents. The key players in this work were then-Mayor Oscar Goodman, State Senator and now U.S. Congressman Steven Horsford, and a host of local and state leaders. The closing of F Street creates an environ for McKee to discuss the current problems of race relations, urban sociology, city planning, social action, ethnography, and institutionalized racism.


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