The Moulin Rouge and Black Rights in Las Vegas: A History of the First Racially Integrated Hotel-Casino

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments     
• 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     
• Chapter Notes     
• Bibliography     
• Index