Las Vegas is just like Mississippi — Mistakes Were Made
7 min readFeb 15, 2023
When a person thinks of segregation in U.S. history, most think of it existing only in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee (aka the southern states.) When a person thinks of 1950s era Las Vegas, they think of the Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin,) the Mob and the glitz and glamour of the era. Most people don’t know that famous black celebrities who performed…