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Afro-Arts Theater

Address	3900 S. Drexel Chicago, IL United States
Coordinates	41°48′08″N 87°36′14″W  /  41.802281°N 87.603971°W  / 41.802281; -87.603971
Opened	1967

The Afro-Arts Theater was a regional theater on Chicago's South Side established in 1967 by Kelan Philip Cohran . The theater was also a meeting place for black power activists ^[1] and considered central to the growth of African American consciousness in Chicago. ^[2] On December 28, 1969, Gwendolyn Brooks received at the theater what she considered "the most stirring and significant tribute of her life." ^[3]

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