Growing Up Westside Las Vegas

We took a moment to learn a little bit about what it was like to grow up in the Westside Las Vegas with Emma Major-Hassinger and Kenny Whitney.

Mrs. Ruby Amie in Las Vegas

Mrs. Ruby Amie-Pilot shares her migration story and experiences of coming to the Historic Westside in the 1950s. Her experiences range from being a young married woman to one of the first Black women to integrate the casinos on the...

David Greathouse

David Greathouse is a member of the Las Vegas community with his family today. He shares with us his educational and work experiences that led him to Las Vegas.

Gwen Chaney-Braimoh

The Executive Director of Expertise Cosmetology Institute shares a little insight on how she began the first cosmetology school of Las Vegas.

Kelly Webb, DJ Kelly

Kelly Webb a Las Vegas DJ in her 20s shares what how she arrived to Las Vegas as a child with her family, and how the community differed from her birth city in Michigan.