The United States was built on more than just the work of our founding fathers. There are, of course, men and women of different colors and races who helped form this country. Channel 13 speaks with a UNLV professor who's making sure the Black perspective is not forgotten.

The United States was built on more than just the work of our founding fathers. There are of course men and women of different colors, race and creed who helped form this country.

A few weeks ago, two California lawmakers introduced a bill that would ban the use of police dogs to arrest or apprehend suspects — or as a form of crowd control. The California Department of Justice says in 2021, police dogs caused more serious injuries or deaths than either tasers or batons, and that nearly two-thirds of use-of-force incidents involving dogs were against people who are Black or Latino.

Imagine going to the Las Vegas Strip to do some gambling and being turned away. That was the case in the 1950s if you were Black. It took a Black dentist from the South to successfully lead the fight against segregation on the Las Vegas Strip. A local valley school is named after him.

Remember the lines of cars for food banks during the pandemic? People drove miles then waited hours because they were out of work, had little money and some food staples were just in short supply.

Amid economic turmoil, political unrest, public health crises and general global strife, love—especially Black love—is a grounding force. Every time we express love, we honor our ancestors who dared to love deeply and fearlessly. Even with the threat of being forcibly separated from each other, and with the inability to establish comfortable homes, our people embraced one another, with the singular faith that things wouldn’t always be so bleak. Their decision to make room for hope and warmth has grounded and sustained us.

"In Defense Of..." is a yearlong look at Blackisms that have been co-opted, gentrified, manipulated or misunderstood.

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a plan to transform how the nation understands and treats mental health. It’s a community-wide issue, and it’s important to note that seeking help can be difficult, especially in the Black community.

On Tuesday the Biden administration announced a plan to transform how the nation understands and treats mental health. It’s a community-wide issue and as Black History Month is honored it’s important to note that seeking help can be difficult, especially in the Black community.

Every February, we celebrate the culture and contributions of Black people in America by attending parties and parades, shopping from Black-owned brands, and learning about Black stories through books movies, and documentaries. Since the 1600s, Black Americans have inspired several generations after undergoing tumultuous journeys and wrongfully facing injustice and racism. It's important to educate ourselves and understand the complex history of Black Americans year-round, but especially during Black History Month, when we honor their legacy as a nation.

Elise, 25, and AnDre, 28, met in 2011 when they were in high school together in San Antonio, Texas, where they still live today. Elise and AnDre have been together ever since. Their relationship was long-distance for years because AnDre went to college before Elise. They stayed together as Elise became an account executive at Texas Weddings and AnDre became a security officer. Because she works in the industry, it was important to Elise that her and AnDre's wedding felt like them instead of like every other wedding she'd ever been to or worked on.

Finding that the evidence for jumping the broom’s “origins” pointed to western Europe, I wanted to better understand how groups adopted and adapted rituals for their own communal needs, and what this suggested about its popularity in African American history. If the broomstick wedding was “forced” into enslaved communities, as some have claimed, how then is it remolded into something that many embraced over time? If it was accepted willingly in some circumstances, what does this suggest about agency and the evolution of Black culture in the antebellum era?