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[Interivew with Dr. Margaret Walker Alexander] transcript

[Interivew with Dr. Margaret Walker Alexander]

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.
Date: June 24, 1984
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
["For My People" by Tommie Stewart] transcript

["For My People" by Tommie Stewart]

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.
Date: June 1982
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Tribute gospel choir concert] transcript

[Tribute gospel choir concert]

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.
Date: June 28, 1980
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library