TY - BOOK ID - 77859897 TI - African American theater buildings : an illustrated historical directory, 1900-1955 PY - 2003 SN - 1476604665 9781476604664 0786449225 9780786449224 PB - Jefferson, North Carolina ; London, [England] : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - African American theater KW - Theaters KW - Afro-American theater KW - Theater, African American KW - Theater KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77859897 AB - African American theater buildings were theaters owned or managed by blacks or whites and serving an African American audience. Nearly 2,000 such theaters, including nickelodeons, vaudeville houses, storefronts, drive-ins, opera houses and neighborhood movie theaters, existed in the 20th century, yet very little has been written about them. In this book the African American theater buildings from 1900 through 1955 are arranged by state, then by city, and then alphabetically under the name by which they were known. The street address, dates of operation, number of seats, architect, whether it w ER -