The Regal Theater in Durham, NC was one of many theaters opened specifically for African-Americans in the South. When the Regal opened its doors to moviegoers in 1930, it boasted a Western Electric sound system--making it the first "Negro" theater in the United States to have such powerful equipment.

Source: "Open $50,000 Theater in North Carolina" - The Afro American - Dec. 27, 1930

References: Cinema Treasures, OpenDurham, And Justice For All, personal graduate research (2018)

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