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Older African-American woman smiling in dress

White man on film set standing in vest with gun belt

Brick theater building with white "Collins" marquee covered in multicolored lights

Collins Theatre

Postcard with theater on the front with text reading "Dallas Theatre

Postcard with theater on the front with text saying "The Elberta

Elberta Theater

Newspaper front page with headline saying "Assembly Okays Huge Sex Act"

Newspaper front page with headline saying "UFOs Snatch Guv"

White man in suit and woman in dress smiling while looking at framed cartoons on wall beside them

Farkleberry Follies

Two white men in suits smiling with caricatures on the wall behind them

Farkleberry Follies

Multistory "Gem" theater building with marquee on street

Outdoor "Greek" auditorium with stage and stands

Greek Amphitheatre

Stone bench and concrete stands in outdoor auditorium

Greek Amphitheatre Bench

Outdoor auditorium with columns and sign on college campus

Greek Amphitheatre Entrance

Looking between concrete stands in outdoor auditorium and plaque on college campus

Greek Amphitheatre Marker

"Greek" auditorium stage with columns and steps

One white woman in street clothes yelling at another white woman in a fine red dress with necklace

White man in suit and tie

Cleveland Harrison

Large crowd of children in front of movie advertisement

Postcard with theater on the front with text reading "The Horatio

Horatio Theater

Postcard with theater on the front and text reading "The Logan

Yearbook page featuring white and African American young men and women

Melinda Dillon Yearbook

Cartoon African-American men and women dancing on minstrel show poster

Minstrel Show Poster

Man in black face with red lips man singing in suit and bow tie on minstrel show poster

Minstrel Show Poster

Exterior of "Murry's dinner playhouse" building with decorative plants and benches under its awning

Murry's Dinner Playhouse

African-American woman with necklace in dress

Amina Claudine Myers

"Broadway comes to Little Rock Olde West dinner theater" advertisement with photographs

Olde West Dinner Theatre Ad

White woman using telephone on front page of "The Olde West" dinner theater newsletter

Olde West Theatre Newsletter

African American men talking

The Piano Lesson

Group of white Jewish children in stage costumes

Program cover "Music Hall Grand Opening"

Robinson Grand Opening

Beige multistory building with staircase winding up the side

Saenger Theatre

Postcard with theater on the front with text reading "The Sevier

White man in suit with white woman and girls in dresses singing

Sound of Music Performers

"Flashback Friday Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific" advertisement with planes beach scene and white women dancing on it dated 1981

Brick building with metal roof and "Evening Shade" above the entrance with parking lot

Thomason Auditorium

Postcard with theater on the front with text reading "The Williams

Williams Theater

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