The 1940s in Las Vegas was an exciting time of growth, but not all residents shared in the excitement.
Just as the city's Black community was growing in size and prominence, officials delivered a major blow to the Westside neighborhood, virtually the only area of the city where African Americans were permitted to live, and where some homes date to the 1920s.
Citing concerns over substandard housing, the city in 1944 and 1945 razed about 375 makeshift homes and shacks, displacing some of the thousands of people who had moved to Las Vegas for work.
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