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States Theater

CTL-E-0867 · Address · site · unknown

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

700-seat Black theater at the Panama (3501) / De Luxe Cafe (3503) / States corner cluster; described as one of the most prominent Black theaters in Chicago's Black Belt.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BVM-005; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BVM-005:venue-states-theater; source research type(s): place.

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Record CTL-E-0867 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 1 source · CTL research: BVM-005.
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