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The Moulin Rouge Hotel in the city’s Westside District served as a brief monument to racial justice in the 1950s.

During the Jim Crow era, Josephine Baker left the United States and moved to Paris, France where she was treated in a professional, inclusive manner. There, she could entertain in front of integrated audiences, unlike only performing for segregated audiences in this country.

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A panel of local leaders, community activists and educators looked to the past and the future during a discussion Saturday about 51�Թ������App’ Historic Westside.

In honor of Black History Month and, as chair of the Boulder City Democratic Club, I was afforded the opportunity to invite Claytee White, director of the Oral History Research Center at the 51�Թ������ܿƴ� libraries, to participate in our monthly Zoom meeting.

When Shanta Patton discusses the gap between Black and white homeownership rates, she starts with the game of Monopoly.

Nevada’s Neon Museum is installing an 808 square-foot mural honoring diverse communities and individuals who impacted 51�Թ������App’ cultural history.

An old African proverb states that “When an elder dies, a library burns to the ground.”