Director, screenwriter and editor Nancy O’Connell, also an associate editor at Palisades Press, has released the documentary “Three Weeks” that looks to the 1960 Winter Olympics as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement in Northern Nevada.
“At that time, Reno was heavily segregated and widely known as the Mississippi of the West with most businesses and casinos displaying Whites Only signs at eye level near their entrances. Civil Rights leaders recognized this critical opportunity to push for dramatic change, which ultimately led to the successful passage of the Nevada Civil Rights Act in 1965,” according to the film’s description. | unr.edu
