Beyond the Glimmering Lights relates the struggles, pains, and victories of black residents and entertainers during the most racially unjust period in the history of Las Vegas. Told through the eyes of author and native Las Vegan Trish Geran, she narrates her Aunt Magnolia's life and times in Las Vegas, experiences that occurred from 1942 to 1960 and stories passed on by early settlers. While searching in her aunt's garden, Trish discovers the evidence that proves what she constantly heard while growing up in Las Vegas, that black people played a major role in the development of Las Vegas. Trish Geran, writes a historical saga that is part history and part journey of discovery. She describes the race relations in the city, the unfair treatment in the workplace, the indecent housing conditions and how the black residents developed their own community and Strip.
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Las Vegas native Trish Geran is the director of the award-winning film The Other Side of the Coin, a documentary about the little-known history of African Americans in Las Vegas. Geran's efforts as a coummunity organizer and activist have been recoginzed nationally by the NAACP and the National Action Network.This is her first book.
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This review is from: Beyond the Glimmering Lights: Pride and Perseverance of African Americans in Las Vegas (Hardcover)
Beyond the Glimmering Lights is a very unique book that takes a look into the segregated past of Las Vegas. Author Trish Geran shows through the experiences of her Aunt Magnolia that there is more to Las Vegas than the bright lights. A wonderful read that show the perseverance of the African American community. Through the brilliant efforts of celebrities such as Sammy Davis Jr., Josephine Baker and the general community they were able to tear down the racial boundaries and helped shape America's playground.
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I just finished reading Beyond the Glimmering Lights: The Pride And Perseverance of African americans in Las Vegas.
Using memories of her Aunt Magnolia for structure, Ms. Geran paints a vivid picture of what it was like to be African American in Las Vegas between the periods of 1940s and the 1960s. As a fairly recent newbie to Las Vegas, this book provided a very interesting and insightful look at the history of African Americans in the area and the role they played in the shaping of an intergrated Las Vegas. It is a very easy read and I highly recommend it :) I eagerly await the next book by Trish Geran.
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A 4:30 a.m., on a clear morning in March of 1943, Aunt Mac Lexington, Mississippi for a place she told everyone would grant her all of the things she wanted out of life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Las Vegas, Lee Birda, Moulin Rouge, Cotton Club, United States, Last Frontier, Geran Family Collection, Basic Magnesium, Big John, Frank Sinatra, Southern Nevada, Ben Siegel, Fremont Street, Benny Binion, Boulder City, Hoover Dam, Nat King Cole, Lena Horne, New York, Carver Park, Pearl Bailey, Will Mastin Trio, Cab Calloway, Jackson Street, World War New!
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A 4:30 a.m., on a clear morning in March of 1943, Aunt Mac Lexington, Mississippi for a place she told everyone would grant her all of the things she wanted out of life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Las Vegas, Lee Birda, Moulin Rouge, Cotton Club, United States, Last Frontier, Geran Family Collection, Basic Magnesium, Big John, Frank Sinatra, Southern Nevada, Ben Siegel, Fremont Street, Benny Binion, Boulder City, Hoover Dam, Nat King Cole, Lena Horne, New York, Carver Park, Pearl Bailey, Will Mastin Trio, Cab Calloway, Jackson Street, World War New!
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- Raw Pearl by Pearl Bailey on page 65, and Back Matter
- Louis Armstrong: An American Success Story (Great Achievers series) by James Lincoln Collier in Back Matter
- The Way It Was by Polly J. James in Back Matter
- American History: A Survey (Vol. II) by Richard Nelson Current in Back Matter
- Green Felt Jungle by Demaris Ed reid in Back Matter
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