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[https://www.axios.com/2021/12/09/preserving-history-latino-school-segregation by Russell Contreras 9/12/21 AXIOS] | [https://www.axios.com/2021/12/09/preserving-history-latino-school-segregation by Russell Contreras 9/12/21 AXIOS] | ||
Activists in the small town of Marfa, Texas, are working to get national recognition for a building once used as a segregated school for Mexican American students, some of who were used as extras in the 1956 movie, "Giant." | Activists in the small town of Marfa, Texas, are working to get national recognition for a building once used as a segregated school for Mexican American students, some of who were used as extras in the 1956 movie, "Giant." | ||
=====African Americans in Las Vegas===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lasvegas-african-americans/ by PBS Shows] | |||
From the 1950s to the early 1960s, in the midst of the economic boom that was occurring in America, Las Vegas experienced spectacular growth. Tourists supplied the city with some $200 million in profits every year. The number of resorts on the Strip was increasing rapidly, and the city proclaimed itself the "Entertainment Capital" of the country. However, outside of the neon glow of downtown Las Vegas, across the Fremont Street railroad tracks, lay the reality of racial segregation. | |||
