Black Theater of Ardmore

Infobox_nrhp | name =Black Theater of Ardmore
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location= Ardmore, Oklahoma
lat_degrees = 34
lat_minutes = 10
lat_seconds = 13
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 97
long_minutes = 7
long_seconds = 22
long_direction = W
locmapin = Oklahoma
area =
built =1922
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed
added = June 22, 1984
governing_body = Private
refnum=84002978cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Black Theater of Ardmore is a historic theater building in Ardmore, Oklahoma. It was built in 1922 during a time of racial segregation, when Ardmore's community of more than 2,000 African American residents had its own business district and its own residential area. The theater provided entertainment for black residents who were excluded from patronizing white theaters. It is also a symbol to the once-thriving black business district of Ardmore. It functioned as a theater until 1944, when it was sold to the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wjZIkchWX5AC&pg=RA9-PA397&lpg=RA9-PA397&dq=black+theater+of+Ardmore&source=web&ots=GvhWQLtpRY&sig=DjymMU0KrIGHl9ySQlYOV_3rYaU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
title=African American Historic Places
last=Savage
first=Beth L.
publisher=John Wiley and Sons
date=1995
id=ISBN 0471143456]

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