Tyler D. Parry (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) served as a guest editor and organizer of an online forum, , published by the award-winning blog Black Perspectives. The forum will run through May 6 and feature five essays on different aspects of Black history in Las Vegas from various scholars based in Southern Nevada. UNLV's own contributors include Su Kim Chung and Claytee White as well as Parry, Kendra Gage, and Javon Johnson of the African American and African diaspora studies program.