HEALTHIER YOU: Thinking about freezing your eggs?

BY DR. MARGUERITE BRATHWAITE OB-GYN Research indicates that peak fertility for Black women typically occurs between ages 20 and 30. However, these are often years of significant personal and professional development — pursuing higher education, advancing careers, building financial stability, or simply not yet having met the right partner. As a result, Black women tend […]

HISTORIC BLACK VEGAS: Let’s End 2025 in a Spirit of Joy

BY CLAYTEE D. WHITE I will end 2025 steeped in joy, Black Joy — the healing balm of a mysterious, invisible power. I believe that joy is one of our superpowers.  Beginning in 1619, Blacks endured slavery then Jim Crow and continued this trajectory into the 21st century’s systemic racism, Jim Crow 2.0. And yet, […]

KNIGHT MOVES | December 2025 (Oh, What a Month)

By Craig Knight December arrives as the grand finale of another remarkable year. The air turns crisp, the lights glow brighter, and there’s a shared sense of reflection and anticipation. As 2025 comes to a close — the first complete year in this new quarter-century — it’s a perfect moment to celebrate how far we’ve […]

YOU! HAVE THE POWER  | Doing the ‘Wright’ thing 

BY DR. ELLEN W. BROWN For Lonnie and Sherry Wright, “People Come First” isn’t just a mantra — it’s the foundation of a lifetime of service. Doing the “Wright Thing” has long been at the center of their community commitments, and this holiday season, the couple once again demonstrated their extraordinary generosity with a $10,000 […]

BOOK REVIEW: Doin’ Right Ain’t Actin’ White

The author affectionately refers to this work as “my grandma book,” a title born from a deeply personal moment. It was inspired by a troubling comment her grandson made about being Black — one that stirred her heart and compelled her to respond with wisdom, history, and hope. This book is her way of speaking […]

Shepherd’s Path

When Sherri Shepherd had nothing, faith and friendship lit her way forward. She will bring her talent to a Las Vegas stage next spring — and with it, a story that is a triumphant testament to resilience. Sherri Shepherd is a force whose talent, tenacity, and joy light up every stage she touches. A daytime Emmy […]

LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHERS: If we took a holiday, some time to celebrate

As we close out another remarkable year, we are excited to share this special holiday issue of Las Vegas Black Image — an edition filled with inspiration, celebration, and the joy of community. We hope it adds a vibrant spark to your Kwanzaa and Christmas festivities.  This month, we are honored to feature Sherri Shepherd […]

Hunger For Service

Raiders Defensive End Charles Snowden III helps tackle food insecurity in Nevada Hunger remains a pressing issue across America, and Nevada is feeling it more intensely than most. According to a USDA study and 2023 data from Feeding America, 15 percent of Nevadans — nearly 482,000 people — experience food insecurity, exceeding the national average […]

Christmas Wishes: Then And Now

BY LOUIE OVERSTREET During my early childhood, after a half-decade of sacrifice by America’s Greatest Generation, when “all gave some and some gave all,” America in 1946 transitioned from a wartime economy of rationing goods back to that of a consumer economy.  For Christmas 1946, Santa (for me) and my parents (for my older brothers, […]

PEACE: Inhale, exhale. Our spirits need a breather

BY KIMBERLY BAILEY-TUREAUD We breathe.  In and out, without thinking, our lungs rise and fall — an effortless rhythm gifted to us so we may live, move, and see another day. Yet what we choose to focus on within those days either drains our energy or restores our balance.  Life demands much from us. Our […]

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