Central Park Family Theater: Difference between revisions

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Central Park Theatre in 1957

The Central Park Theatre opened as the Central Park Family Theater on July 1, 1925 at 3207 Bessemer Road. Construction cost $30,000.

Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (May 1925) "Industrial Activities". Birmingham. Vol. 1, No. 2
"So Now Klansmen Shoot Each Other" (January 29, 1957) The Washington Afro-American, p. 19

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-The '''Central Park Family Theater''' opened on July 1, [[1925]] at 3207 [[Bessemer Road]]. Construction cost $30,000.
+[[File:1957 Central Park Theatre.jpg|right|thumb|425px|Central Park Theatre in 1957]]
+The '''Central Park Theatre''' opened as the '''Central Park Family Theater''' on [[July 1]], [[1925]] at 3207 [[Bessemer Road]]. Construction cost $30,000.
+In the 1950s the theater served as a meeting place for the [[North Alabama Citizens Council]]. [[Asa Carter]] allegedly shot [[J. P. Tillery]] and [[Charles Bridges]] during a [[Ku Klux Klan of the Confederacy|Federated Ku Klux Klan of the Confederacy]] meeting at the theater on [[January 28]], [[1957]].
 ==References==
 * Birmingham Chamber of Commerce (May 1925) "Industrial Activities". ''Birmingham''. Vol. 1, No. 2
+* "[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rg9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=5ysMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4579%2C14530031 So Now Klansmen Shoot Each Other]" (January 29, 1957) ''The Washington Afro-American'', p. 19
 [[Category:Bessemer Road]]
 [[Category:Former cinemas]]
+[[Category:Meeting spaces]]
+[[Category:1925 establishments]]
+[[Category:1925 buildings]]