1919 The Lafayette Players of New York, a black troupe, opens the newest theatre in Philadelphia, the Dunbar, with a production of Within the Law. The house, named for poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar, seats 1,400 and devotes itself to black productions for black audiences. The name will later be changed to the Lincoln Theatre. It will be demolished in the 1950s.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM on December 29, 2014