Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the meetings for the Dallas Arts Gala Benefit to be held in July of 2004 at the Dallas Convention Center. The planning meetings took place on June 4th and July 4th and involve the committees. The second meeting takes place as a luncheon.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 27th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute event in 2011. This video is raw footage of Show #1 performed at 1:00pm. This video features a youth performance of TBAAL's production of "Aretha the Musical" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. This video cuts at 1:15:04 to a news segment.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a 2 hour broadcast recording of channel 21 news in the summer of 2007. The VHS footage is relevant to the collection due to a production highlight on the Rhapsody in Rhythm gospel group performance in June at the Academy. Rhapsody in Rhythm performs live on set and is discussed until the 11:06 time mark.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their "Our Story" event in 2008. This video features a play performance celebrating the story of contributions and history of the African-American community live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage, which includes a montage clip of prominent Black figures like President Barack Obama and memoirist/civil rights activist Maya Angelou.

Interview with Robert Medrano, businessman and elected official from Dallas, Texas. Medrano is the son of Francisco "Pancho" Medrano and brother of Ricardo Medrano, also local politicians. In his interview, Medrano discusses his his upbringing in the "Little Mexico" section of Dallas, his family's political activities, and Chicano activism in the 1960s and 1970s.