PEACE: Your Yesterday is Black History

BY KIMBERLY BAILEY-TUREAUD We all admire and honor those who have come before us. They deserve honor for the sacrifice and achievements that allow us to live in freedom and enjoy opportunities.  But as we look into our own mirrors, let’s think about what kind of legacy and impact we are leaving.  Give thanks as […]

Remembering My Words, I Wonder: You Still Mad?

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET I began writing a monthly column for Black Image back in 2014. And in that time, I have managed to make a lot of readers mad at me. As such, I thought it would be fun to revisit the scene of the crimes — what I consider to be my most controversial […]

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERS: Black History is Your History

We celebrate Black history all year — but February always brings new clarity to the importance of telling the truth about the Black experience and recognizing the extraordinary achievements of African-Americans.  This issue of Las Vegas Black Image celebrates you and all of the good-good that you bring to the community. And inside, it is […]

HISTORIC BLACK VEGAS: Love’s Cocktail Lounge, and a legacy of excellence on the Historic Westside

BY CLAYTEE D. WHITE Today (January 15, 2024), I opened a copy of the Las Vegas Sentinel dated January 14, 1982. This was the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. issue, and on the front page was a Stevie Wonder quote, “I and a growing number of people believe that it is time for our country […]

Taste & Sounds of Soul and Black Image Honors to be held Feb. 23

The 24th Annual Las Vegas Taste & Sounds of Soul/Black Image Honors will take place at the Flamingo Library located at 1401 East Flamingo Rd. on February 23 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The free event will be full of entertainment, food, and people whose achievements will be celebrated.  The Las Vegas Black Image […]

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | LAMONTE MCLEMORE: ‘There’s a soul-to-soul connection’

Virtually every Black American of a certain age can conjure the feeling of opening the mailbox to find the newest edition of Jet. And many of those readers would immediately flip the magazine to “Beauty of The Week”: a full-page spread featuring photographs of gorgeous, bathing suit-clad Black women from all over the country, accompanied […]

“Life-changing” $16 Minimum Wage Goes into Effect for 13,000 Nevada Home Care Workers Following Years of Strong Union Advocacy

After pay had stagnated at around $11 an hour for over a decade, the new minimum wage  will help solve the workforce shortage crisis so Nevada’s rapidly-aging population and people with disabilities get quality care Las Vegas, NV — 13,000 Nevada home care workers’ lives are beginning to change dramatically as they start to see […]

Under the Glittering Lights

Las Vegas Black Image invites community to free screening of ‘The Book of Clarence’ Las Vegas Black Image Magazine recently held a special screening of “The Book of Clarence.” Many attended and enjoyed their first look at the movie starring Oscar-nominated actor LaKeith Stanfield.  From the visionary filmmaker Jeymes Samuel, “The Book of Clarence” is […]

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | DR. KHALILAH ALI CAMACHO 

I try to show … the way to forgiveness’  Whenever someone says “The Greatest,” our minds turn immediately to Muhammad Ali. His impact on American history — inside the ring and out — has been well-documented in countless books, feature films and documentaries over the years. But those accounts aren’t normally given by those closest to […]

How Black Violin Merged Hip-Hop And Classical To Revolutionize String Music

Kev Marcus still remembers the “genius moment” with his high school orchestra that set him on a path to musical revolution.  Marcus discovered how to program the melody of Busta Rhymes’ “Gimme Some More” onto his flip phone — and his classmates enjoyed it so much, he transcribed the song for the whole orchestra to […]

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