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Remembering the Roxy

Follow students at the Center for Collaborative Journalism as we work to rediscover the lost history of the former Roxy Theatre

The Beginning

The Beginning

Remembering the Roxy
Go to the profile of Debbie R Blankenship
Debbie R Blankenship
Oct 1, 2015
Lost History of the Roxy Theatre

Lost History of the Roxy Theatre

A grainy old photo shows a crowd lining the sidewalks outside the Roxy Theatre.
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Debbie R Blankenship
Dec 11, 2015
The Performers

The Performers

Back in its heyday, the Roxy Theatre was more than just a place to catch a movie. It also played host to live music and local shows. The…
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Debbie R Blankenship
Dec 10, 2015
The Patrons

The Patrons

The Roxy Theatre opened its doors sometime in the early 1950s and played host to movies and shows for nearly a decade. At that time, the…
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Debbie R Blankenship
Dec 10, 2015
Historic Headaches

Historic Headaches

By Sarah Pounds
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Sarah Pounds
Dec 7, 2015
What Could Have Been

What Could Have Been

By Avery Braxton
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Avery Braxton
Dec 7, 2015
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The Tybee Community

The Tybee Community

By Josh Brown
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Debbie R Blankenship
Dec 11, 2015
The Last Memories

The Last Memories

Over the years, the Roxy has been a place of fun and worship, of flavor and spirit, but sadly now the building has seen better days.
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Jenna Eason
Dec 8, 2015
Culminations

Culminations

In the first week of December, work on the project has reached a fever pitch. Everyone is putting the finishing touches on their own…
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Joshua Brown
Dec 3, 2015
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Parker Bliss
Nov 30, 2015

Larger than Life

Contacting Large Organizations

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Avery Braxton
Nov 20, 2015

Wrapping Up

By Avery Braxton

With the wrapping up of the semester comes the wrapping up of our coverage with the historic…

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Emanuela Rendini
Nov 13, 2015

Winding down..

With only four weeks left in the semester, we are putting the final pieces together. This past week has involved us reviewing our…

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Taylor Drake
Nov 6, 2015

Loose Ends & Old Memories

As the semester starts to wind down so does this project and after weeks of digging through Macon’s history, our…

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ireal.james
Oct 23, 2015

As the Search Continues On

By Ireal James

So far, as a class, we have agreed to focus in on our goal for this project:

Recognition of the Roxy Theatre — whether it be just collecting the limited information about what the 1950’s hub was in one place or…

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Debbie R Blankenship
Oct 15, 2015

Digging in

Macon likes to boast it has more acreage on the National Register of Historic Places than any other city in Georgia. Most of those are…

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Sarah Pounds
Oct 6, 2015

The First of Many

You can consider this the ground floor post. We brought you in — now it’s time to give you a lay of the land.

Our class is looking into the Roxy, an African-American entertainment hub that later became a church in the 1960s. We’re trying to find out more, because if you…

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