Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 1992 summer youth arts institute production. The performance was held on March 29th, 1992. The footage shows a room with a low stage and the audience seated in folding chairs. The children perform as a group in white shirts with blue logos by dancing and singing. At the conclusion of the performance, adults thank volunteers and hand out certificates.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast on the 14th amendment, race, immigration, and transformation in the 21st century led by Curtis King on January 8th, 2011. The footage shows tables set up with food being served to members of the community from across DFW in education, pastoral, public service, and civic backgrounds. This tape focuses on the featured speaker from SMU setting up the context of the conversation in relation to the political power directed by different presidential administrations.

Newspaper from Dallas, Texas reporting on local news and events and including advertising.

Program detailing the memorial concert honoring the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The program contains a biography of King, a timeline of his life, as well as a list of performers and planned performances.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "Poets N' Jazz #2" featruing Sharon Knight on March 26th, 2011. The footage shows both male and female poets performing at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 23rd season-opening theatre concert performance luncheon entitled "Hallelujah!...The Drum, The Beat, The Rhythm". The reception was held on the afternoon of September 11th, 1999. The footage shows a large room set with tables and a stage with groups and individuals being recognized.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 1991 "Dallas' Black Living Legends" award ceremony. Living Legends is an exhibition project started in 1987 by JBAAL to photograph and honor black historical figures of Dallas. Awarded across twenty-one categories ranging from the arts, sciences law, politics, religion, and technology. The video shows Curtis King giving a speech followed by an introduction to the program and ending with footage from the gallery space hung with photos.

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 21st Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute event in 2005. This video features a theatrical performance of the production, "Wizzin'" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage with special artist Akin Babatunde.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their roundtable writers breakfast featuring author Mari Evans held on March 4th, 2006. The footage shows Evans leading a dialogue on her new book covering the black women writers of the 1950s through the 1980s along with her struggles with being a writer.

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 a roundtable writers' breakfast held on October 24th, 2009 as part of the series "Building Toward A More Perfect Union". The footage focuses on the relationship between African Americans and Turkish and features UTD doctoral scholar Dogan Koc. The dialogue focuses on how Turkey's identity stems from its place between Europe and Asia, its population of Muslim faith and democracy, and how this bridge status results in dissonances and strengths.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 1991 "Dallas' Black Living Legends" award ceremony. Living Legends is an exhibition project started in 1987 by JBAAL to photograph and honor black historical figures of Dallas. Awarded across twenty-one categories ranging from the arts, sciences law, politics, religion, and technology. The video shows a man giving a speech followed by each awarded person standing to be recognized with their name and a brief description of their work in their field. The video concludes with the first man giving another speech.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the NADSA Conference event in 2010. This video features youth performances live on stage at the National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts annual conference. The video cuts at 1:01:02 to a blue screen, then returns at 1:13:37 to the performance. The video cuts at 2:31:32.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Roundtable Writer's Breakfast event in 2008. This video shows a breakfast discussion between members of TBAAL and playwrights Micki Grant, P.J. Gibson, and Je Franklin. This video is Part 1 of 2 of the event.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Comedy Night at the Muse event in 2005. This video features a performance by comedian Lady Mozan live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 4th Annual Book Club Publisher's Luncheon "Why We Wright: The Authors Talk" event in 2003. This video features a discourse between prominent member of TBAAL and authors like Camika Spencer, Roselyn Story, and Francis Ray about their books and experiences.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Five Guys Named Moe event in 2001. This video features a theatrical performance of the musical, 'Five Guys Named Moe," by Clarke Peters live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "Poets N' Jazz #2" featuring the second set of poets including Randall Jones, Ms. Ironic, GF Solider, and Lady B Smoove on December 5-6th, 2008 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The tape begins abruptly with Randall Jones and ends with Lady B Smoove.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Comedy Night at the Muse featuring Pierre event in November 2011. This video showcases comedian Pierre perform a comedy act live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The video begins with various opening acts including comedians Denzel and Success.

Unedited video recording of the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, "At Home with Black Theatre," hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 2014.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Poets N' Jazz Number 1 event in 2007. This video features poetry performances with jazz music accompaniment by actress and writer Irma P. Hall and others live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre. This video is Part 1 of 2 of Hall's performance. The video cuts at 1:00:00 to a youth performance.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during Comedy Night at the Muse featuring comedians Success and Lady Mozan at the Clarence Muse Café Theater over the weekend of December 9-10th, 2005. The footage shows Curtis King giving opening remarks followed by Lady Mozan performing till 1:07:03 followed by Success.