Chicago’s Pekin Theatre was the first black owned musical and vaudeville stock theatre in the United States. Between 1904 and around 1915, the Pekin Club and...

National Register of Historic Places listings in South Side Chicago Pekin Theatre "National Heritage Area Act". Congress.gov. December 22, 2022. "Congress...

Elif Büşra Pekin (born 30 June 1982 in Saudi Arabia) is a Turkish actress and screenwriter. Her family is of Turkish descent. After Ottoman Empire collapsed...

Jerry Mills was a performer at the Pekin Theatre in Chicago. and in films. One of his stage performances was described as offering "ludicrous comedy"...

he was in Chicago in the repertory company of the Pekin Theatre, the first legitimate black theatre in the United States. By then he had earned the nickname...

also crossed over into film. The Pekin Theatre in Chicago was a popular and influential venue. The African Grove Theatre opened in New York City in 1821...

Darktown Strutters' Ball". He composed "Some of These Days" at the Pekin Theatre. Brooks was born in Amherstburg, Canada in 1886. His father was a preacher...

20th century who played a variety of women characters at Chicago's Pekin Theatre, on Broadway and in touring companies throughout the United States....

concentrations of African-American businesses, and culture. The groundbreaking Pekin Theatre rose near 27th street in the first decade of the 20th century. Between...

owner and gambling racket leader, who established and managed Chicago's Pekin Theatre, an epicenter of African-American theater. Motts was an organizer in...