Reno exhibit shows how America reacted to Holocaust
The Nevada Appeal, the Silver State's oldest continuously run newspaper, first published on May 16, 1865.
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The Nevada Appeal, the Silver State's oldest continuously run newspaper, first published on May 16, 1865.
A 1,100-square-foot exhibit at the Northwest Reno Library offers a detailed look into the Holocaust and how the world reacted after World War II.
Purple Politics Nevada is KUNR’s weekly show about the 2023 Nevada Legislative Session. In this week’s episode, host Lucia Starbuck explores racist covenants in housing deeds in Washoe County and a short history lesson on why they exist. State lawmakers are considering a bill to allow discriminatory language to be removed.
History researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno estimate Washoe County alone has at least 11,000 racist covenants.
A relic of the Jim Crow era, covenants prohibiting non-whites from buying property are unconstitutional and unenforceable. Democratic state Sen. Dallas Harris is proposing a way to redact the racist …