Chitlin' Circuit Landmark: W.C. Handy Theatre

The broke-down orange building at 2535 Park in Orange Mound is one of the silent witnesses to Memphis music history. It opened in 1946 as the W.C. Handy Theatre, with investors including future Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson, and blackface entertainer Chalmers Cullins to "showcase the finest in Negro entertainment," in the language of the [...]