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. >> reporter: performers like sammy davis jr., lena horne, josephine baker all spoke out against theut their push for equality combined with the longtime work of civil rights organizations like the naacp made a difference. in 1971, change would come by way of an important legal agreement. >> some people at the naacp put together a consent decree where they name 17 hotel casinos, five labor unions, and the nevada resorts association for not having done enough for black employment in this city. therefore, the consent decree then demands 12% of jobs whole array of job categories for the african american community. >> reporter: today, casinos host black artists and superstars who perform night after night to sold-out crowds. >> to see the type of progress that we in america have as minorities is good. there's so much more that we need to address, though. wouldn't it be good to one day own our own hotel? have our own theater? have our own stage and stuff like that? we're laying the groundwork today for that to be a reality in the future. >> i feel like black entertainers in las vegas craw

as the roaring twenties hit germany black american dancer josephine baker became a celebrated figure on the stages of berlin. ah, extended this emma, the bust, i always call it, the grass skirt to ears, and short black man had to walk around wearing a grass skirt. not a suit licked madame ansuka ah language. born in berlin in 1925 t a door. vanya mikhail was one of the few surviving black witnesses of the nazi era until his death in 2019. as a child, he was put to work in the circus, and in the so called human zoos. he hated being docked at, or when complete strangers would run their fingers through his hair. things got even worse with the introduction of the notorious norman bag race laws. in 1935 colonial migrants were stripped of their citizenship. theodore vanya mikhail was issued an aliens passport and was rendered stateless. he lost his job at a hotel. ah, finding work became nearly impossible. one of the few exceptions was a niche market. the movies the most expensive film of the nazi era. munchausen required many black extras to play servants and a turkish palace. oh, the rol

. >> performers like sammy davis junior, lena horne and josephine baker all spoke out against the discriminationhey endured, but there push for equality combined with a long time of civil rights organizations at the naacp, made a difference. in 1971, change would come by way of an important legal agreement. >> so people at the naacp put together a consent decree in the consent decree demands 12% of jobs and a whole array of job categories for the african-american community. >> that to create -- decree open the door for people like jackie brantley, who became the first black female executive on the strip. >> i was the director of advertising and public relations at the hotel. i loved being in that spot because it was going to open doors for other black people. >> today, casinos owe black artists and superstars who perform night after night to sold-out crowds, like grammy award winner, usher. >> usher presents las vegas residency. >> to see the type of progress that we in america has as minorities, it's good. there's more that we need to address. bikes you can watch soul of the nation starting at

. >> reporter: performers like sammy davis jr., lena horne and josephine baker all spoke out againstge would come by way of an important legal agreement. >> so people at the naacp put together a consent decree. the consent decree then demands 12% of jobs in a whole array of job categories for the african american community. >> reporter: that decree opened the door for people like jackie brantley who became the first black female executive on the strip. >> i was the director of advertising and public relations at the desert inn hotel. i loved being in that spot because it was going to open doors for other black people. >> reporter: today casinos host black artists and superstars who perform night after night to sold-out crowds like grammy award winner usher. >> usher presents a brand-new las vegas residency. >> to see the type of progress that we in america have as minorities is good. there's so much more that we need to address, though. >> reporter: and so this special shares incredible barrier breaking stories like during her 1952 tour when josephine baker got to vegas and said that