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Author McKee, Robert J., 1951-

Title Community action against racism in West Las Vegas : the F Street wall and the women who brought it down / Robert J. McKee
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 125 pages)
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
Summary 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 and oppression suffered by African Americans in southern Nevada
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-122) and index
Notes English
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Subject 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
SUBJECT West Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nev.) -- Social conditions
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021675944
ISBN 9780739186787
0739186787
9780739186787