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Black Entertainers in Las Vegas: 1940 - 1960

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Creator
Creator: Fitzgerald, Roosevelt, 1941-1996
Date
1988
Description

Essay by Roosevelt Fitzgerald reflecting on black entertainers during the early days of the Las Vegas Strip, dated 1988.

Digital ID
ohr000180
Physical Identifier
F850.N4 F58x 1988
Permalink
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Details
Subject
African American entertainers
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Migrations
Casinos
Discrimination in employment
Gambling
Gambling industry
Mafia
Moulin Rouge (Hotel-Casino : Las Vegas, Nev.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Race relations
Tourism
Time Period
1980s (1980 - 1989)
Place
Las Vegas
Resource Type
Text
Material Type
essays
Digital Project
African American Experience in Las Vegas
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Copyright Not Evaluated
Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Language

English

Format
application/pdf

BLACK ENTERTAINERS IN LAS VEGAS: 1940-1960 In some circles Las Vegas is thought of as the entertainment capital of the world. One Las Vegas newspaper columnist has called it TBCOTA (The Best City of Them All). 1 Whether it is either is debatable and