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Tyler Parry points to a white board that reads "know your history"

How A Little-Known Event Sparked the 1969 West 51ԹApp Uprising …

… And the many moments of racial tension amid segregation in Southern Nevada that came before it. 

Tyler D. Parry is an associate professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at 51Թܿƴ. (Michael Roberts/51Թܿƴ)

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