Nevada history DVDs for sale

Sierra Nevada Community Access Television is making available DVDs of the Our Story series that has been running on SNCAT. Funded by the History Channel, the short programs were shot by 16 local students and premiered at the Nevada Museum of Art.

Historical pieces, which include photos and footage, deal with subjects like Black Politics in Nevada, frontier scout Jim Beckwourth, architect Paul Revere Williams, boxer Jack Johnson, and football great Marion Motley. They contain interviews with contemporary figures including Geralda Miller, Paul Anderson, Michael Coray, Delores Feemster, Charles McNeely and Maurice Washington.

Information on purchase of the DVDs can be obtained at SNCAT, 828-1211.