When the City of Las Vegas decided to close a street in an historic black neighborhood that led to a developing area of downtown Las Vegas in 2009, they caught residents off guard and opened old wounds.
The group opposing the permanent closure of F Street held countless neighborhood meetings, worked the media and government officials, and marched on the Las Vegas Strip to keep F Street open. Memories of a historical racial divide loomed over these new wounds, and started a four-year-long fight over a street that represented much more.
