The Midnight Meeting: How the "Mississippi of the West" Finally Broke its Color Line
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When we think of Vintage Vegas, we think of neon lights, high rollers, and the Rat Pack. But beneath the glitter of the 1950s sat a ugly reality: Las Vegas was known as the "Mississippi of the West." While Black icons like Sammy Davis Jr. and Nat King Cole were selling out showrooms, they were often forced to enter through hotel kitchens and sleep in segregated boarding houses across town.