[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 82 (Thursday, May 29, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E875-E876]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TO HONOR NEVADA CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER BOB BAILEY

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                        HON. STEVEN A. HORSFORD

                               of nevada

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 29, 2014

  Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, today, I would like to honor Nevada civil 
rights leader Bob Bailey, who passed away on Saturday.
  Bob was a tireless advocate for equality in Nevada.
  In the `50s and `60s, Vegas was as segregated as the Deep South. Bob 
saw injustice all around him and became a staunch advocate for 
equality.

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  He worked with Governor Grant Sawyer to investigate discrimination in 
employment, and he served as the first chairman of the Nevada Equal 
Rights Commission. His work helped desegregate hotel-casinos under the 
Nevada Civil Rights Act of 1965.
  Bob later served as the president of Nevada Economic Development 
Company, which helped minority-owned businesses, and in 1990 he was 
appointed by President George H.W. Bush to serve as Deputy Director of 
the U.S. Department of Commerce's Minority Business Development Agency.
  Bob Bailey opened the doors for thousands of African-Americans in Las 
Vegas, including myself. He will be missed, and we will remember his 
legacy.

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