Stories tagged "African Americans": 31 All Featured Tags Sort by: Title Date Added Filed Under Gambling New China Club (site)Bill Fong opened the inclusive club in 1952, when other Reno casinos would not admit people of color. By Sarah Patton View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Food Kiah's Squeeze Inn (site)The popular Southern homestyle restaurant was the first Black-owned business on Virginia Street. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Needham Rooming HouseThe Needhams offered necessary lodging for Black visitors to Reno, including divorce-seekers. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Early Settlers & Settlement Martha Jackson House (site)The remarkable story of one of Nevada's African American pioneers. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Early Settlers & Settlement Hamilton Homestead (site)Two of Nevada's earliest Black residents established a home and an enduring legacy here in 1900. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Businesses Thoma-Bigelow Building (site)A Reno focal point from its opening in 1903 to a 1960 Civil Rights protest By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Gambling Club Harlem (site)Operated by African Americans and open to all, the club bucked the segregated policies of Reno's mainstream casinos. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Herman HouseDesigned by Paul Revere Williams for the Herman family in 1936 By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Washington-Marshall House By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Finley-Prien House By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Pettis House By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Hosea and Johnnie Stevens House By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Osborne House By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Bufkin House By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Neighborhoods and Districts Black Springs in the 1960sA decade of challenges and successes By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Townsell House By Helen Townsell-Parker View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Carthen House By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Chatman House By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Lobster House By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Westbrook House By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Recreation Black Springs Community CenterMoved to Black Springs in 1970, the renovated house became an important community hub. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Religion First Baptist Church of Black Springs By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Willie Stevens House (site) By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Civic Organizations Black Springs Volunteer Fire DepartmentConstructed by the community in 1970, the station gave residents the power to protect their homes. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Religion Mt. Hope Baptist Church By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Residences Fleeter Turner's Stone House By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Architecture Luella Garvey HouseThe first Nevada building designed by Paul Revere Williams was for a wealthy Pasadena divorcee. By Mella Rothwell Harmon View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Sports Johnson-Jeffries Fight (site)The 1910 "Fight of the Century" reflected and heightened the era's deep racial tensions. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Religion First Church of Christ, ScientistWidely known as the Lear Theater, the riverfront church designed by Paul Revere Williams has been a Reno landmark since 1939. By Mella Rothwell Harmon & Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map Filed Under Religion Bethel AME ChurchA religious, social, and political center for Reno's African American community since 1910 By Mella Rothwell Harmon View Story | Show on Map Next
Filed Under Gambling New China Club (site)Bill Fong opened the inclusive club in 1952, when other Reno casinos would not admit people of color. By Sarah Patton View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Food Kiah's Squeeze Inn (site)The popular Southern homestyle restaurant was the first Black-owned business on Virginia Street. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Residences Needham Rooming HouseThe Needhams offered necessary lodging for Black visitors to Reno, including divorce-seekers. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Early Settlers & Settlement Martha Jackson House (site)The remarkable story of one of Nevada's African American pioneers. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Early Settlers & Settlement Hamilton Homestead (site)Two of Nevada's earliest Black residents established a home and an enduring legacy here in 1900. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Businesses Thoma-Bigelow Building (site)A Reno focal point from its opening in 1903 to a 1960 Civil Rights protest By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Gambling Club Harlem (site)Operated by African Americans and open to all, the club bucked the segregated policies of Reno's mainstream casinos. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Residences Herman HouseDesigned by Paul Revere Williams for the Herman family in 1936 By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Neighborhoods and Districts Black Springs in the 1960sA decade of challenges and successes By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Recreation Black Springs Community CenterMoved to Black Springs in 1970, the renovated house became an important community hub. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Civic Organizations Black Springs Volunteer Fire DepartmentConstructed by the community in 1970, the station gave residents the power to protect their homes. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Architecture Luella Garvey HouseThe first Nevada building designed by Paul Revere Williams was for a wealthy Pasadena divorcee. By Mella Rothwell Harmon View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Sports Johnson-Jeffries Fight (site)The 1910 "Fight of the Century" reflected and heightened the era's deep racial tensions. By Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Religion First Church of Christ, ScientistWidely known as the Lear Theater, the riverfront church designed by Paul Revere Williams has been a Reno landmark since 1939. By Mella Rothwell Harmon & Alicia Barber View Story | Show on Map
Filed Under Religion Bethel AME ChurchA religious, social, and political center for Reno's African American community since 1910 By Mella Rothwell Harmon View Story | Show on Map