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Augustus Hawkins, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Pat Brown sit close to one another mid-conversation.
The Business of Civil Rights: The Kennedy-Hawkins Bill

An exploration of Senator Reid’s connection to the Kennedy-Hawkins Bill written by one of the Senator Harry Reid Doctoral Fellows

Senator Harry Reid pictured speaking during a legislative call
Nevada’s Longest Serving Senator: Harry Reid’s Lasting Legacy (Part II)

Part II of the obituary for Harry Mason Reid, written by the University of Nevada, Reno's Senator Harry Reid Doctoral Fellow

Portrait of Senator Harry Mason Reid
The Man from Searchlight: A remembrance of Harry Mason Reid (Part I)

Obituary for Harry Mason Reid, written by the Senator Harry Reid Doctoral Fellow

Harry Reid Campaign flier from 1982 that shows Harry Reid walking down the steps of the Capital in Washington D.C.
A Year in Review: Reflections from the Senator Harry Reid Doctoral Fellow

A year in review reflection from the Senator Harry Reid Doctoral Fellow

Photograph of Harry Reid present behind a podium at the National Clean Energy Summit
Senator Reid’s Proposal to Make Nevada “The Saudi Arabia of Renewable Energy”

Revisiting the example set by Senator Harry Reid and the National Clean Energy Summit of 2008

Black and white photograph of the tufa rock formation on Pyramid Lake
Steamboat Ditch: Lessons from the Past

Nevada’s complicated and complex history of water wars and how we can learn from the past

Black and While image of 8 men and one woman pose in from of the Great Basin National Park mountains.
Harry Reid’s Tireless Campaign for Great Basin

Commemorating Harry Reid's birthday with a look at his accomplishment of Great Basin National Park

Main Street, Searchlight, Nevada
Senator Harry Reid: the historian

The Story of Searchlight and Senator Reid’s Preservation of Nevada’s Past

Senator Harry Reid
Sen. Harry Reid's papers find a home in Special Collections

'I always knew in my heart what I was going to do' with papers, Sen. Reid says