Robert J. McKee - Community Action against Racism in West Las Vegas: The F Street Wall and the Women Who Brought It Down

Robert J. McKee teaches sociology at the College of Southern Nevada. He has published numerous articles on subjects ranging from race, culture, critical ethnography, and the economy. Dr. McKee received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2012. He is a past recipient of the Norman K. Denzin Qualitative Research Award, the UNLV Outstanding Public Sociologist of the Year Award, and the College of Liberal Arts Dissertation of the Year Award.

This book is dedicated to my mother Mary McKee for instilling in me a sense of social justice. It is also dedicated to the courageous women of West Las Vegas who led this successful protest action and to the inspirational women who came before them. I hope I have done their story justice.

I am grateful to the many anonymous reviewers for their insightful critiques and suggestions along the way. I thank Kate Epstein for her brilliant editing. This book is much better because of their input. Jay Song, Jana Hodges-Kluck, Catherine Mudge and all of the other folks at Roman & Littlefield also deserve much gratitude for their professionalism. I thank my mentors Drs. Michael Ian Borer, Shannon M. Monnat and David R. Dickens for encouraging me to stick with this project despite numerous setbacks.

I am forever grateful to my wife Stephanie for her unwavering support and patience. I especially thank Trish Geran, without whom this book would not be possible.

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