LaVerne Ligon, shown here in a 1972 photo, was dance captain for the Strip’s first all-Black …

LaVerne Ligon, shown here in a 1972 photo, was dance captain for the Strip’s first all-Black ...

LaVerne Ligon, shown here in a 1972 photo, was dance captain for the Strip’s first all-Black line of showgoirls in “Hallelujah Hollywood” at the then-MGM Grand. She will be a panelist in The Mob Museum’s “Celebrating Black Life in Las Vegas: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future.” (Courtesy LaVerne Ligon)