William “Bob” Bailey
Civil rights and access to casino careers
The first chair of Nevada’s Equal Rights Commission, with a long record of workforce and minority-business development.
A commission for equal rights
Grant Sawyer appointed Bailey in 1962 to chair the newly created Nevada Equal Rights Commission. This body addressed discrimination; it was separate from Nevada’s gaming regulators. [1]
Opening routes to employment
The Commission’s biography recounts casino dealer training, Operation Independence and later federal minority-business work. It connects civil-rights policy with the practical question of who could obtain skilled casino jobs. [1]
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Bob Bailey
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Photograph of Adellair Gay, Joe Williams, Anna Bailey, and Bob Bailey attending the Links Black and White Ball at Caesars Palace, November 28, 1987
Photograph from Marie and James B. McMillan Photograph Collection. Catalog date: November 28, 1987.
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Honorary Commission Chair William “Bob” Bailey
This is the Equal Rights Commission, a separate institution from the Gaming Commission.