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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 10/07/2026 04:03:00

When Norfolk's Attucks Theatre opened its doors in 1919, it became the only theatre in the southeastern United States financed, designed, and constructed entirely by African Americans. Designed by Harvey N. Johnson, a 25-year-old African-American architect, and funded through the Twin Cities Amusement Corporation with backing from two Black-owned banks -- Brown Savings Bank and Tidewater Trust Company -- the theatre at 1010 Church Street stood as an architectural and cultural statement of self-d...