The Moulin Rouge, Jackson Street and the so-called "block 16," all played a part in the history of desegregation in Las Vegas.
By 1955, West Las Vegas had grown enough for local and national investors to build a resort there. The Moulin Rouge was the first attempt at an integrated hotel-casino west of the railroad tracks. It was short-lived, but it made clear that African Americans wanted to gamble in a Strip-style setting... and that whites might gamble with them.
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More on the Web:
- Classic Las Vegas: Moulin Rouge Existing Buildings Demolished
- The Huffington Post: Las Vegas' Moulin Rouge: A Reminder of How Things Have Changed
- LV Sun: Four-alarm blaze at Moulin Rouge leads to site demolition
- NPS: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement: The Moulin Rouge
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