Wilson’s only colored motion picture theatre.

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Wilson Daily Times, 29 July 1921.

The 1922 Sanborn insurance map of Wilson depicts the Globe Theatre on the second floor of a three-story brick building (in pink) occupied by several businesses and a Masonic lodge. Samuel H. Vick owned the theatre, and his oldest son Daniel L. Vick managed it.

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  10. Discovered this article on February 21, 2022.Real Black History fact.I attended Shaw U in1970-1974.We we’re business owners, Doctors ect.

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