Afterglow Vegas Collection

Breaking Barriers

The pioneers who shattered invisible walls

Las Vegas was built on exclusion. For decades, Black entertainers performed on the Strip but couldn't sleep there. Women designed iconic signs but received no credit. The official history erased their contributions.

These photographs restore the record.

The Moulin Rouge (1955) was America's first integrated casino — six years before the March on Washington. Don Barden became the first African American to own a Las Vegas casino in 2001 — 46 years after Black performers won the right to enter. Ann Meyers, a Holocaust survivor, became the first woman to own a casino solo in 1976.

The Civil Rights Diptych tells the full arc: from the right to enter (1955) to the right to own (2001). Forty-six years of progress, written in neon.

3 artworks — Limited editions of 18 each

Museum-quality Diasec mounting by Authentic Lab (Belgium)

10-15% supports The Neon Museum Las Vegas Sign Conservation Fund