There was a time when black Las Vegas, in fact, was the hippest, happiest, most happening place in the country. The time was May 1955, and the place was the Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino.

Outside, a historic marker facing Bonanza Road details the Moulin Rouge’s history as Las Vegas’ first racially integrated hotel-casino, but cars zip by. Years of vacancy, squatters and fires ...

The Moulin Rouge Hotel in Las Vegas, noted for being the first racially integrated hotel-casino, marks its 70th anniversary ...

‘Standing room every night’ Dealing craps at the Moulin Rouge was Bush’s first job after he left Detroit and attended a Las Vegas dealer school in 1954. “The Moulin Rouge was a set-aside ...

May 24 marks the day The Moulin Rouge Hotel first opened its doors 70 years ago, making history as the first racially ...

As we round out Black History Month, we shine a light on a casino that transformed Las Vegas, the Moulin Rouge. This year marks 70 years since it opened its doors in 1955 over on the Historic ...

Firefighters from three area fire departments battled a four-alarm blaze for more than two hours at the historic Moulin Rouge hotel and casino Wednesday. Las Vegas Fire Department investigators ...

A year later, Moulin Rouge owner Bisno offered the teenager a contract for a mind-boggling $135 a week. Soon she was flying to Las Vegas, where a limousine waited to carry Jasmin and her fellow ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The historic Moulin Rouge sign is back in lights again in Las Vegas at the Neon Museum Boneyard. More than 832 feet of neon tubing is being used to re-lamp the 11 letters.

The Moulin Rouge, which opened in May of 1955, was the first casino Bailey worked when she moved to Las Vegas from New York. It was built in the majority Black West Side of Las Vegas so the hotel ...

Following a very successful production of Plenty of Heart, Plenty of Hope at The Wallis, MUSE/IQUE is presenting Freedom at The Moulin Rouge: A Las Vegas Civil Rights Story at The Huntington ...