Mutiny or Obedience?

BY RORY T. EDWARDS On a recent weekend, I had the pleasure of catching a movie that has received mixed reviews by different critics based on their perception of American history. “The Birth of a Nation” is completely different than the 1915 silent film of the same name, which was originally called “The Clansman.” The new […]

Grand Time, Big Parade

Grand Time, Big Parade The 35th Annual Las Vegas Martin Luther King (MLK) Parade will be held in Downtown Las Vegas on January 16 beginning at 10 a.m. Organizers recently announced the grand marshals for the 2017 parade will include such respected community members such as Pastor Robert E. Fowler of Victory Missionary Baptist Church; […]

‘Moving forward and continually developing’

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS | KIMBERLY ELISE ‘Embrace your uniqueness’ Kimberly Elise has built an extraordinary career in Hollywood. Ever since her screen debut 20 years ago in the crime thriller “Set It Off,” she has starred in a string of movies across genres and audiences — from critical favorites like “Beloved” and “For Colored Girls” […]

Sight Night

Hundreds of people gathered recently at the home of Dr. Kenneth C. Westfield for a fundraiser benefiting The Gift of Sight — the non-profit organization he founded to help people around the world who lack access to eye care. For the last 18 years, The Gift of Sight has volunteered supplies, knowledge, and surgical skills […]

They Made It

Coping with infertility

Caucus Goer

Capucine Holmes reports from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference. America’s modern-day history makers came out in numbers for the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Foundation’s 45th Annual Legislative Conference — dispensing wisdom, strategizing for the upcoming elections, and making plans for the future. Among those in attendance: Rev. Jesse Jackson, Reps. John […]

IN THE COMMUNITY – OCTOBER 2016

IN THE COMMUNITY – OCTOBER 2016

PHOTOS OF THE MONTH – OCTOBER 2016

PHOTOS OF THE MONTH – OCTOBER 2016

Mary Wesley

THE PASSING OF A NEVADA CIVIL RIGHTS ICON Mary Wesley, a longtime Las Vegas resident and community activist, died on Sept. 13. She was 79. Renowned as one of the Westside Mothers, she was a well-regarded champion for social change to benefit single mothers and families throughout Nevada. Wesley raised eight children and had 17 […]

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Sit or Salute: Colin’s Right to Choose

BY RORY T. EDWARDS Ever since American  sports were racially integrated, athletes on all levels have been given a platform to express their talent — and their opinions. African-American athletes, especially in the early days of integration, have had both the thrill of victory and agony of defeat attached to the very real possibility of verbal […]

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