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[Invitation: Three Mo' Sisters in Concert] (open access)

[Invitation: Three Mo' Sisters in Concert]

Invitation to a concert featuring African American singers produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters for February 20-21, 2004 at the Arbor Ballroom.
Date: February 2004
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Flyer: If These Hips Could Talk] (open access)

[Flyer: If These Hips Could Talk]

Flyer advertising a musical produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters for February 11-16, 2003 at the Naomi Bruton Theater.
Date: February 2003
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Flyer: Thank God! The Beat Goes On] (open access)

[Flyer: Thank God! The Beat Goes On]

Flyer advertising a musical hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on October 29 - November 3, 1996.
Date: October 1996
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Celebrates the Spoken Word "Word Warriors"] (open access)

[Press release: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Celebrates the Spoken Word "Word Warriors"]

Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing a performing arts exhibition hosted by the Academy on November 21, 1997 at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre.
Date: October 5, 1997
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Celebrates the Spoken Word "Word Warriors" An Evening of Poetry, Music and Dance Featuring the Zawadi Writers, Peggy Jones, Faithfulness and Six Degrees of Freedom] (open access)

[Press release: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Celebrates the Spoken Word "Word Warriors" An Evening of Poetry, Music and Dance Featuring the Zawadi Writers, Peggy Jones, Faithfulness and Six Degrees of Freedom]

Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing an event celebrating poetry, music, and dance on November 21, 1997 at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre.
Date: October 5, 1997
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Jazz Weekend in Dallas: A Night That Rocks, camera 1, part 2] captions transcript

[Jazz Weekend in Dallas: A Night That Rocks, camera 1, part 2]

Video of "Jazz Weekend in Dallas: A Night That Rocks featuring Will Downing," part of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 39th season. The video includes a performance by Will Downing with a guest appearance by Carol Riddick for a duet of the song, "Nothing Has Ever Felt Like This."
Date: March 12, 2016
Creator: Latte Media Group
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Program: Poets 'n Jazz] (open access)

[Program: Poets 'n Jazz]

Program for a night featuring poetry and jazz music produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 2004.
Date: 2004
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Program: 23rd Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement] (open access)

[Program: 23rd Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement]

Program for the annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement concert produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters commemorating the civil rights movement and the life of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Date: January 2006
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Program: 33] (open access)

[Program: 33]

Program for the 33rd season of events at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 2009-2010, which included a series of performance and visual art exhibitions.
Date: September 2009
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
["By A Black Hand" musical performance video] captions transcript

["By A Black Hand" musical performance video]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the musical performance of "By A Black Hand-The Rap Musical" at the Clarence Muse Café Theater on the weekend of February 24th 2006. The footage shows the entire 90-minute performance done through a cast of 6 accomplished black actors and actresses. The performance, through a combination of speaking and raping, tells the story of black history alongside a current granddaughter-grandfather relationship.
Date: February 24, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Program: Season 32] (open access)

[Program: Season 32]

Program for the 32nd season of events featuring performance and visual art events produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 2008 and 2009.
Date: September 2008
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Program: Dallas Third Cultural Coast] (open access)

[Program: Dallas Third Cultural Coast]

Program for the 27th season of events for the Black Academy of Arts and Letters which featured a variety of visual arts exhibitions and performance art events.
Date: 2003/2004
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Poets N' Jazz #2" featuring GF Solider] captions transcript

["Poets N' Jazz #2" featuring GF Solider]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "Poets N' Jazz #2" featuring poet GF Solider held over the weekend of February 23-24th, 2012 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows GF Solider performing original poetry on the topics of religion, church, wisdom, and hardship.
Date: February 24, 2012
Creator: Waller, Alonzo
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Poets N' Jazz Number Two, Part 2 of 2] captions transcript

[Poets N' Jazz Number Two, Part 2 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Poets N' Jazz Number Two event in 2005. This video features a musical jazz performance by special guest Angela Blair live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre. This video is Part 2 of 2 of the event.
Date: April 29, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Poets N' Jazz, Part 1 of 2] captions transcript

[Poets N' Jazz, Part 1 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Poets N' Jazz event in 2004. This video features a poetry performances by various poets accompanied with music live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre and a musical performance by artist Angela Blair. This video is Part 2 of 2 of the event.
Date: December 10, 2004
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Comedy at the Muse: Corey Holcomb, 1 of 2] captions transcript

[Comedy at the Muse: Corey Holcomb, 1 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Comedy Night at the Muse event in 2009. This video features a performance by Chicago comedian Corey Holcomb live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre. This video is Part 1 of 2 of Holcomb's performance. The video begins with opening acts.
Date: 2009-04-24/2009-04-25
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Comedy night at the Naomi Bruton Theater, 2 of 3] captions transcript

[Comedy night at the Naomi Bruton Theater, 2 of 3]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the a variety comedian night event held at the Naomi Bruton Theatre on May 12th, 2006. The footage shows a variety of African American comedians performing sets on social life, customs, family and everyday experiences.
Date: May 12, 2006
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[24-Hour Film Feast with Donnie Betts] captions transcript

[24-Hour Film Feast with Donnie Betts]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 24-Hour Film Feast with Donnie Betts event in 2005. This video features a discussion with actor/filmmaker Donnie Betts speaking about the films watched previously during the event at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.
Date: October 22, 2005
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Comedy night at the Muse featuring Shaun Jones] captions transcript

[Comedy night at the Muse featuring Shaun Jones]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during comedian Shaun Jones's live comedy performance at the Clarence Muse Café Theater over the weekend of November 16-17th, 2012. The footage shows Curtis King giving the opening remarks followed by Jones's stand-up routine that ends at the 1:15:18 time mark. The routine focuses on the topics of city life, food, race, curvy women, and the black male experience.
Date: November 16, 2012
Creator: King, Curtis; Jones, Shaun & Evans, Tracy
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Good Morning Texas" featuring Phyllis Hyman] captions transcript

["Good Morning Texas" featuring Phyllis Hyman]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a "Good Morning Texas" televised broadcast featuring multiple interviews on September 9th, 1994. The VHS tape is relevant to the collection due to the Phyllis Hyman performance and interview.
Date: September 9, 1994
Creator: Wfaa-TV
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Poets N' Jazz #1" featuring Gino Morrow] captions transcript

["Poets N' Jazz #1" featuring Gino Morrow]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a poetry and jazz performance event produced on October 8-9th. 2010 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows three jazz musicians playing the background of spoken poetry. The featured poet of the event is Gino Morrow who performs with six other African American poets.
Date: October 8, 2010
Creator: Sheffield, Jerome
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Out of the Ashes, camera 1] captions transcript

[Out of the Ashes, camera 1]

Video recording of the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "Out of the Ashes," hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 2015. Sutton L. Avery was a guest speaker.
Date: May 2, 2015
Creator: Latte Media Group
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Out of the Ashes, camera 2] captions transcript

[Out of the Ashes, camera 2]

Video recording of the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "Out of the Ashes," hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 2015. Sutton L. Avery was a guest speaker.
Date: May 2, 2015
Creator: Latte Media Group
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[JBAAL retreat meeting tape 1 of 2] transcript

[JBAAL retreat meeting tape 1 of 2]

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.
Date: September 24, 1988
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library