Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during an arts council meeting held on September 2nd, 1987. The audio on the tape is generally intelligible but overall covers summer activities and events that took place around Labor Day.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement" concert recorded at Fair Park Music Hall on January 15th, 1984. The tape includes two tracks that are well recorded and includes speakers discussing Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement along with music by a large choir.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement" concert recorded at Fair Park Music Hall on January 15th, 1984. The tape includes two tracks that are well recorded and includes speakers discussing Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement along with music by a large choir.

Audio provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during an audio session with singer Linda Lee. Lee performs with alto saxophone accompaniment "Imagine and "I Have a Dream".

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. Clip 1 of the audio recording begins with two men, one identified as Mr. Matthews, discussing the safety concerns and inspections of hotels in Dallas. Other conversations on the recording include city council discussions and city budgets. Clip 2 of the audio recording contains an interview with Margaret Walker Alexander, a poet, and writer who discusses spending fifteen (15) years writing about Richard Wright with her novel Richard Wright: Daemonic Genius. Around the fourteen-minute mark the audio transitions into political questions and answers for political candidates for office.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a session with lead singer of the Supremes Diana Ross in 1983. The tape includes two tracks of well recorded audio of the performance.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a JBAAL board member retreat meeting on September 14th, 1988. The tape includes two tracks of audio that feature Curtis King as the primary speaker.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a Dallas city council meeting concerning the expansion of the Dallas Convention Center on October 14th, 1987. The tape includes two tracks of noisy and intelligible audio.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a JBAAL board member retreat meeting on September 14th, 1988. The tape includes two tracks of audio that feature Curtis King as the primary speaker.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their a meeting luncheon to unveil the plans for the new location and facility for the black academy on May 20th, 1985. The audio on the tape is clear and is lead by a women.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during an incident report interview with a employee of a Minyards in Fort Worth Texas on April 23rd, 1987. The tape includes one track of audio that records a women talking to a male employee about an incident occurring in March of a grocery cart damaging a car in the parking lot.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a JBAAL board meeting lead by Curtis King on September 1st, 1987. The tape includes one track of audio that is generally intelligible but covers the topic of board membership.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Second Annual Medal of Merit Awards Banquet held on May 31, 1980 at the Downtown Dallas Sheraton Hotel. The tape includes two tracks of intelligible audio of individuals speaking broken up by periods of applause.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the the Dallas Tops Jazz Revue on Saturday March 21, 1986. The audio on the tape records jazz bands and vocalists singing through a low hum of static.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the contract signing for JBAALs Dallas Convention Center location with Curtis King speaking. The tape includes one track of well recorded audio. The topic of Kings speech covers the black experience.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the the Dallas Tops Jazz Revue on Saturday March 22, 1986. The audio on the tape records jazz bands and vocalists singing through a low hum of static on both tracks.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a session with actress Helen Martin for a promotion for JBAALs Amen Corner theater production held in June of 1986. The tape includes a single track of audio that is primarily intelligible music. Martin begins speaking at the 5:43 time mark.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a session with gospel singer Tommie Stewart in June of 1982. The tape incudes two tracks of well recorded audio. The first track is a dramatic spoken word poem "For My People" that touches on the topics of slavery and civil rights. The second track is Tommie Stewart speaking to Curtis King about an upcoming performance with a dance company.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a performance from Hy-Prayz community choir featuring gospel singer Rosetta Finley. The tape includes two tracks of recorded audio from the performance. The tape is labeled "I Found A Friend. I Really Love The Lord".

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a gospel choir concert June 28th, 1980. The tape includes two tracks of audio that lack presence and have distortion throughout. Music can be heard indistinctly.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a workshop report meeting for the Sojourner Truth Truth Festival held in March 1984. The tape includes one track of audio that lacks presence but includes voices of meeting participants including Curtis King.

Audio tape from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the a performance of Ossie Davis' Broadway comedy "Purlie Victorious" directed by Curtis King in November of 1981. The tape includes one track of recorded music with various singers from the theatrical production.

Audio tape from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the African Dance: Drums of Passion concert held at the Academy on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. The tape features an ensemble of drums and various percussion instruments.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the annual Symphony in Black concert held on July 18th, 1986., The tape includes two tracks of audio that document the Dallas symphony orchestra performing various scores of music at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas Texas.