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Black Entertainers in Las Vegas: 1940 - 1960

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1988

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

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ohr000180
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English

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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