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The long-closed Union Theatre, once the "Negro" or "colored" movie theater in racially segregated Grenada, Mississippi

Grenada · 1850–1939

The long-closed Union Theatre, once the "Negro" or "colored" movie theater in racially segregated Grenada, Mississippi, Grenada, 1850–1939
The long-closed Union Theatre, once the "Negro" or "colored" movie theater in racially segregated Grenada, Mississippi, Grenada, 1850–1939. Theaters — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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