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Racial and ethnic categories used by the U.S. government reflect their times.
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The Luella Garvey house - designed by a black architect, Paul Revere Williams - is one of many buildings he designed.
It's physical reminders like Williams' buildings that Reno-Sparks National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) President Patricia Gallimore says she likes to think of as monuments to African American culture and history in Reno, especially on Juneteenth.
A second search for Black victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is to begin in a cemetery. Forensic anthropologist Phoebe Stubblefield is assisting in the search and is a descendant of a massacre survivor.
Sociology
It's that time of year again -- when all Renoites, regardless of ethnicity, get to be Greek for the weekend. The annual Reno Greek Festival runs Friday, August 19 through Sunday, August 21.
University of Nevada, Reno Assistant Professor of Anthropology Sarah Cowie was recently named one of 105 Presidential Early Career Award recipients for Scientists and Engineers by United States President Obama.