with a foresight of charles douglass such a big thinker. he paved the way for a macon to be a music mecca that grew over the years way passed his lifetime. >> this is american history tv on c-span 3. our 2014 cities tour has taken us on the road in cities across america. working with our cable partners we have toured different sites and interviewed local historians. watch video from all of our stops at c-span.org/localcontent. >> this is a f-100 super assault and batterier. assault andsaber.a mirror rack miraculous airplane. we brought it here because it has a combat record. this museum is created to house combat airplanes. we've had f-100's here before but not this model series. this was the one that did most service in vietnam. this is the airplane that had the combat record we wanted to have. it is important to have this airplane here. the goal, of course, is to present to those people who come to museums that have fought in different theaters of combat and that is why this airplane was important. when the airplane was first designed it

charles douglass was macon's first african american millionaire but he started out with humble beginnings was the son of a former slave. he began working with the florida blossoms circuit and how to network different venues that would play or showcase african american artist. it led to the ground work for the chit lynn circuit. he opened it as a premier vaudeville hall. it hosted bessie smith but it would become an important movie theater for african american filmmakers. it became a premier spot and it made macon an important stop in the way. the street douglas theater is on was well known. the theater was important in building that network of entertainment and touring possibilities. what is interesting is when you get into the later years, in the 1950's the jazz led to eventually the formation of rhythm and blues and soul artists such as james brown and otis redding graced the stage. rhythm and blues began getting its start not long after the break of little richard. we call little richard the break of rock 'n' roll. if he can make it, maybe they could to. it started out as race records