The well known Moulin Rouge Resort Hotel
opened with great fan-fare in l955 as an inter-racial
hotel. It was an important event in the Las Vegas of that
era when most of the major "strip hotels" had
no vacancy signs at their for African-American tourists!
The hotel has had a forty year struggle to
survive in the highly competitive environment of Las Vegas.
Several different owners over the years have kept it alive
but because of its remote location it has been surviving
mainly on weekly and monthly occupants... probably newcomers
to Las Vegas seeking jobs in the downtown area of the city.
Local Las Vegan, Richard B. Taylor, published
this book in an effort to record the history of this resort
before it is lost and forgotten. His interest was engendered
by the fact that at one time he was the operator of the
hotel. All of his involvement is explained in the book.
Available at bookstores nationwide by special
order the book can be more easily purchased thru amazon.com
by a click in the appropriate spot below.
The book is an interesting record of that
great transition time when society was changing into a mode
of civil rights. It is a "must" for those interested
in "black studies".
This book is a unique collection of newspaper
stories that appeared in the local Las Vegas newspapers
over the years. Each story is short and concise and lets
the reader know more about the Moulin Rouge Hotel.
(Editor's note: This historical
edifice was gutted by fire a few months after this book
was published. The book will be the only record of this
noble experiment in race relations. It will no doubt be
a collectors item in the years to come)
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