Charles Henry Douglass saw the need for a place African Americans could gather to enjoy entertainment and support their own. In 1904, he opened up the Ocumulgee Park Theater. Douglass was born in Macon, Georgia to father Charles, who was a former slave and mother Ellen Douglass. He attended the public schools in the afternoon […]
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