LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas has always loved the spotlight — but long before residencies became blockbuster events, Black artists were already shaping the city’s sound, often without getting full access to the very resorts they helped fill.In the mid-20th century, Black performers were some of the Strip’s biggest draws. The catch? Many couldn’t stay in the hotels where they performed, gamble on the casino floor, or even walk freely through the front doors. Celebrated onstage, restricted offstage — a contradiction that played out nightly in Las Vegas, a city built on entertainment and image.That tension helped spark change. In 1955, the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino opened on Las Vegas’ Westside, becoming one of the city’s first racially integrated resorts. It quickly turned into an after-hours hotspot, where Black entertainers would head once their Strip shows wrapped — and where history was quietly being made.
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