Ireland Thomas
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Comment: Please improve the article before resubmitting Sahaib3005 (talk) 18:35, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
- One of the pre-eminent critics of entertainment for African Americans. Influential. Also a theater owner. Clearly notable. FloridaArmy (talk) 16:54, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
- My above comment has not been addressed to resubmitting. FloridaArmy (talk) 19:24, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
Damon Ireland Thomas should redirect here Lincoln Theater (Charleston, North Carolina) is independently notable but should at least redirect here and be added to the disambig page until someome works it up.
Damon Ireland Thomas (1875-1955) was an American stage performer, newspaper columnist, and theater manager.[1]
Thomas was African American and was born August 16, 1875 in Houma, Louisiana.[1][2]
Thomas wrote for The Chicago Defender in 1920s and was an influential film critic.[1][3] At the Defender, he wrote about film news and events at African American theaters.[1]
Thomas managed the successful Lincoln Theater in Charleston, South Carolina, which served African Americans, from 1922 until his death in 1955.[2][4][5] He also managed the Bijou Theater in Tampa, Florida and another theater in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Inventory of the Various Small Collections, 1786 - 2011, and undated (0040. Damon George Thomas and Damon Ireland Thomas)". Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "African American Historic Places in South Carolina: Addendum 2019 – 2020" (PDF). State Historic Preservation Office, South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lupack, Barbara (May 26, 2016). "Early Race Filmmaking in America". Routledge – via Google Books.
- ^ "Inventory of the Various Small Collections, 1786 - 2011, and undated (0040. Damon George Thomas and Damon Ireland Thomas)". Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Lincoln Theater". Charleston Preservation Society. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
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