Booker T. Theatre

1378 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue,
Mobile, AL 36603

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lonespaceranger
lonespaceranger on July 24, 2017 at 3:00 pm

While seeking information on a different theater, I discovered that Mr. King’s son-in-law, Raymond G. Ward, designed this one. I had known that he supervised the construction, but not that he designed it.

kenholt57
kenholt57 on September 19, 2016 at 4:51 pm

I attended many movies at this theater as a child. Believe it or not, movies were 25 cents originally and later rose to 50 cents (much to our horror). The Booker T, the Lincoln and the Downtown Theater balcony were the only three Mobile Theaters that blacks could go to during my childhood due to segregation laws at the time. The Lincoln Theater was several blocks down the street from the Booker T.