Simeon Holloway was born in Gary, Indiana on December 15, 1920. He worked at a steel mill, and then enlisted in the US Navy at the outbreak of World War II. During his time in the Navy, he was chosen for the Navy's first allblack band, the B-1s, the existence of which was denied for decades. Forty years later the members would receive honorary music degrees. After the Navy, he was an actor in Los Angeles, California from the 1970s to 1985. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1985 and has been a successful investor in Las Vegas residential properties.

Harriet Thornton Hicks was born June 8, 1913 in Parowan, Utah; the thirteenth child of 14. In 1931, she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to join two older sisters who had relocated there. She was picked up at the train by young Charles Hicks, who was a friend of her sisters. Charles had a car and offered to provide transportation. Within three years, the two were married. Hicks quit her drug store job to raise a family and he worked for the railroad, the only business at the time in Las Vegas.

Barbara Ann Barnett was born July 24, 1936 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Ralph Eugene Goodman and Katherine Cynthia Pendergrass. Barnett moved to Nevada in 1959. When she first moved to Nevada she worked as an accountant for a small business. Afterwards she became a licensed practical nurse and worked at Rose de Lima Hospital in the psychiatric unit. Barnett came to Nevada with her husband William Barnett the two divorced in 1961. Barnett gave birth to her sone in September of 1963.

Kim Bird was born October 18, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955 and attended Twin Lakes Elementary School. Bird grew up in a Las Vegas that was run by the mob and safe for teenagers. She would meet friends in local hangouts such as the Blue Onion and attend sock hops, babysit, and cruise down Fremont Street. She attended high school with black students and was aware of the segregation that existed on the Las Vegas Strip. Bird was married in 1961 and had a son and daughter.

Arby Hambric was born November 24, 1926 in Teague, Texas. He started working in the cotton fields at around age seven and was drafted into the United States Navy, before completing high school. Hambric enrolled in San Diego State College after leaving the U.S. Navy. He also worked as maintenance personnel for Sears and Roebuck, and started a catering business with his wife, Veronica. Hambric moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1976 after his wife died, and he became a member of the Southern Nevada Enterprise Company Board.

M.J. Christensen was born in Milford, Utah around 1896. He started out as a railroad watch inspector, out of Milford, before relocating to Las Vegas, Nevada and opening his own jewelry business and store. He considers himself a conservative Democrat and states that he led an active political life in Nevada, where he was head of the Merchant’s Bureau in Las Vegas. From there, he went on to become president of the Chamber of Commerce and later, the president of the Better Business Bureau.