The W. C. Handy Theatre was a movie theater at 2355 Park Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee.
[2] The W. C. Handy Theatre was located at 2355 Park Avenue in the Orange Mound neighborhood of southeast Memphis.
[7] Cullins and his associate Nate Evans responded that the opposition was due to the interest of people who built a theater nearby on Carnes Avenue.
[7] The theater opened with performances by Cootie Williams' orchestra, Mantan Moreland and Company, the Congaroos, and Miller and Boojie on May 11, 1947.
[4] Although the venue was built for African Americans, there were segregated shows for white patrons to attend.