Reno NAACP official Rose Gordon was elated Saturday at the unveiling of a marker commemorating African-Americans on the Comstock. It is near the one-time location of a black-owned saloon. Jeff Veasley of the Black Cultural Awareness Society says the activities of African-Americans on the Comstock are little known but a substantial part of the state’s history.

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