• Las Vegas Stories: Las Vegas in Film

    Clark County Library 1401 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV, United States

    From the early days of silent films through today, filmmakers of every generation have been captivated by Las Vegas. Local historian Lynn Zook (author of "Las Vegas 1905-1965") is set to speak on how filmmakers who shot in Las Vegas used the landscape of the city to tell their stories. Las Vegas Stories is a […]

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  • Las Vegas Stories: Making of Black Las Vegas

    Clark County Library 1401 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV, United States

    Las Vegas Stories is a lecture series that examines the history, people, places, and things that make Vegas home. Between 1910-1970 roughly 6 million African Americans left their homes throughout the South to rebuild their lives in states throughout the North and the West. Escaping segregation and an exploitative labor regime, Black people often sought […]

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