Topic - Nevada Preservation Foundation

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Vegas-based historical group branching out to north

Associated Press

This Monday, July 29, 2019 photo shows, The Former Greater New Jerusalem Church in the Historic Westside of Las Vegas. The 1940s in Las Vegas was an exciting time of growth, but not all residents shared in the excitement. Just as the city’s black community was growing in size and prominence, officials delivered a major blow to the Westside neighborhood, virtually the only area of the city where African Americans were permitted to live, and where some homes date to the 1920s. (Miranda Alam/Las Vegas Sun via AP)

Historic black Vegas neighborhood to get preservation push

By Miranda Willson - Associated Press