Sammy Davis, Jr.
Singer and impressionist Sammy Davis, Jr. headlined the Frontier Casino in the 1950s. Like all Black performers of the decade, he had to lodge in a rooming house west of Las Vegas instead of staying at the hotels. Davis later refused to work at places that practiced segregation.
Marian Anderson
Marian Anderson was routinely not allowed to perform for the Daughters of the American Revolution. When she was finally invited to sing at Constitution Hall, she agreed under the condition that there would be “no segregation of Negroes.” The DAR refused, but later a compromise was reached and Anderson would perform in front of an integrated crowd in 1943.
