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Photograph of the meeting at Moulin Rouge Hotel Coffee Shop to end segregation on the Las Vegas Strip, March, 1960

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Date
1960-03
Description

Black and white photograph of the March 1960 meeting at the Moulin Rouge Hotel Coffee Shop to end segregation on the Las Vegas Strip. City officials and NAACP members met to eliminate segregation in public accommodations and jobs and discuss calling off demonstrations on the Strip in the City of Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada. From left to right: Woodrow Wilson (NAACP), Lubertha M. Warden Johnson, Bob Bailey (NAACP), Clesse Turner (County Commissioner), Butch W. E. Leypoldt (Sheriff), Hank Greenspun (Las Vegas Sun), Dr. James B. McMillan (President of the NAACP), Oran Gragson (Mayor), Dr. Charles I. West, Ray K. Sheffer (Chief of Police), Art Olsen (County Commissioner), possibly David Hoggard, and Donald Clark (NAACP).

Digital ID
ohr000118
Physical Identifier
0334_0008
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1736pw7n
Details
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights
Casinos -- Laws and legislation
Civil rights workers
Discrimination in employment
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Segregation
Time Period
1960s (1960 - 1969)
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
black-and-white photographs
Digital Project
African American Experience in Las Vegas
Citation

ohr000118. Marie and James B. McMillan Photograph Collection, 1900-1994. PH-00334. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1736pw7n

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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Language

English

Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff