The Afro-Arts Theater was a regional theater on

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established in 1967 by Kelan Philip Cohran. The theater was also a meeting place for

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activists and considered central to the growth of

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consciousness in Chicago. On December 28, 1969,

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received at the theater what she considered "the most stirring and significant tribute of her life."

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