Cosmo Club (Reno, NV)
Ethnic Groups: African Americans
Ethnic Groups: Asians
Gambling
Gambling Laws / Regulations: NV Civil Rights Act
Harlem Club (Reno, NV)
It Really Happened
Moulin Rouge (Las Vegas, NV)
Nevada
New China Club (Reno, NV)
Politicians / Politics: NV Governor Grant Sawyer
Nevada Casinos’ Jim Crow
1931-1965 Nevada’s early gambling industry was “wrapped in a segregated White Curtain” (Reno Gazette-Journal, Feb. 27, 2008). Between 1931, when Nevada legalized gambling, and 1965, African Americans were banned from gambling or even being present…
