Rialto Theatre

Sheffield, AL 35660

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The Rialto Theatre was an African-American movie theatre which was opened by 1921 when it was owned and managed by J.J. Dunn.

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SethG
SethG on January 21, 2022 at 11:31 am

Atlanta Ave south of the railroad, and especially the portion between Ashe and Cohen (then known as B through D Streets), seem to have been the black neighborhood. The only businesses shown at all on the 1921 map were a tiny group of wooden stores on the east side, north of 20th. I doubt this was further south. The map ends at about the intersection with 17th, and there are very few structures.

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