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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:32:00

Duke Ellington and a young Ray Charles played this corner when the neighbourhood was called the Harlem of the South. The Ritz Theatre at 829 North Davis Street in Jacksonville's LaVilla district opened in September 1929, an Art Deco house by local architect Jefferson Powell that became the primary stage of one of the South's great Black entertainment quarters and a key stop on the Chitlin' Circuit. LaVilla thrived from the 1920s through the 1960s as a dense district of theatres, clubs and board...