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The Moulin Rouge and Black rights in Las Vegas : a history of the first racially integrated hotel-casino / Earnest N. Bracey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0786439920
  • 9780786439928
Other title:
  • History of the first racially integrated hotel-casino
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 647.9409793135 22
LOC classification:
  • TX941.M69 B73 2009
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. In the Beginning -- 2. The Inevitability of Interracial Socialization in Las Vegas -- 3. The Main Event -- 4. After the Lights and Fanfare -- 5. The New Business Acquisition -- 6. The Persistence of Cultural, Racial and Religious Barriers -- 7. The Desegregation Agreement -- 8. Hot Times in the City -- 9. Blacks Need Not Apply Here -- 10. The Black Political Revolution in Las Vegas -- 11. The Significance of Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement -- 12. A Lack of Economic Security and Opportunity -- 13. The End of an Era -- 14. The Power Brokers and a Raw Deal -- 15. Economic Discrimination and Education -- 16. A Dream Deferred Forever -- 17. The Beginning of the End -- 18. The Walls Come Tumbling Down -- 19. The New Black Entrepreneurs -- 20. Reflections on a Place and Time -- Conclusion -- Postscript.
Summary: "This book is a comprehensive history of the Moulin Rouge, explaining the important role that the hotel-casino played in early desegregation efforts in Las Vegas"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index.

Preface -- Introduction -- 1. In the Beginning -- 2. The Inevitability of Interracial Socialization in Las Vegas -- 3. The Main Event -- 4. After the Lights and Fanfare -- 5. The New Business Acquisition -- 6. The Persistence of Cultural, Racial and Religious Barriers -- 7. The Desegregation Agreement -- 8. Hot Times in the City -- 9. Blacks Need Not Apply Here -- 10. The Black Political Revolution in Las Vegas -- 11. The Significance of Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement -- 12. A Lack of Economic Security and Opportunity -- 13. The End of an Era -- 14. The Power Brokers and a Raw Deal -- 15. Economic Discrimination and Education -- 16. A Dream Deferred Forever -- 17. The Beginning of the End -- 18. The Walls Come Tumbling Down -- 19. The New Black Entrepreneurs -- 20. Reflections on a Place and Time -- Conclusion -- Postscript.

"This book is a comprehensive history of the Moulin Rouge, explaining the important role that the hotel-casino played in early desegregation efforts in Las Vegas"--Provided by publisher.

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