Las Vegas Sun

May 6, 2024

Katherine Duncan, president of the African American Cultural Society, stands behind the bar in the closed Moulin Rouge Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001. The Moulin Rouge became the first integrated casino in Las Vegas when it opened in 1955 and then made history when it served as the meeting place for civic leaders who decided to desegregate the Strip in 1960.

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Katherine Duncan, president of the African American Cultural Society, stands behind the bar in the closed Moulin Rouge Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2001. The Moulin Rouge became the first integrated casino in Las Vegas when it opened in 1955 and then made history when it served as the meeting place for civic leaders who decided to desegregate the Strip in 1960.