Community action against racism in West Las Vegas : the F Street wall and the women who brought it down /

F rom 2008 to 2013, a group of African American women led a successful protest of a street closure in their community without the dominant involvement of the black church. This book explains the socio-historical context behind the formation of this community and explores the eighty years of racism a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McKee, Robert J., 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Women > Political activity > Nevada > West Las Vegas.
Women civil rights workers > Nevada > West Las Vegas.
Racism > Nevada > West Las Vegas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Racism
Social conditions
Women civil rights workers
Women > Political activity
West Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nev.) > Social conditions.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Be careful, it's the westside
  • Welcome to historic West Las Vegas
  • Women shouldn't be doing that sort of thing
  • They want to wall you off
  • Mayor Goodman, tear down this wall!
  • A horrible waste of money
  • Symbolic meanings of physical boundaries
  • And the wall came tumbling down.

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