Frank Sinatra was certainly a driving force in the progress toward equality in Las Vegas. But, contrary to a popular myth, the singer didn’t end the shameful legacy of segregation on the Strip. It took political action to do that.

With all the ambivalence surrounding the Oakland Athletics, I decided to research the history of baseball.

Mark Bauerlein has become disillusioned with the political and academic ideal sometimes called “the free marketplace of ideas,” especially in America’s institutions of higher education.

Claytee White, director of the Oral History Research Center at UNLV Libraries joined us to talk about two important women in particular - Hattie Canty and Ruby Duncan, and the contributions they've made to U.S. history.

70 years ago, iconic Black musicians like Sammy Davis Jr. and Harry Belafonte might have graced the stage at Vegas casinos — but wouldn’t be allowed to stay on-site, or walk through the front door (though many pushed back).

Storming Ceasers Palace tells the inspirational story of a group of determined mothers from West Las Vegas. Mothers who became advocates for their children and for welfare rights.

Drive to the 900 block of West Bonanza Road in Las Vegas' Historic Westside, and all that’s left of the Moulin Rouge Hotel & Casino is a giant vacant lot and a series of peeling murals on an adjacent building. But this spot on the National Register of Historic Places is a portal into the city’s Black history.

Drive to the 900 block of West Bonanza Road in Las Vegas' Historic Westside, and all that’s left of the Moulin Rouge Hotel & Casino is a giant vacant lot and a series of peeling murals on an adjacent building. But this spot on the National Register of Historic Places is a portal into the city’s Black history.