Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Anniversary Black Tie and Red Carpet Season Opening Gala event in 2006. This video features closeup shots of various speakers and performances celebrating the 30th Anniversary of TBAAL live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Anniversary Black Tie and Red Carpet Season Opening Gala event in 2006. This video features closeup shots of various speakers and performances celebrating the 30th Anniversary of TBAAL live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Anniversary Black Tie and Red Carpet Season Opening Gala event in 2006. This video features various speakers and performances celebrating the 30th Anniversary of TBAAL live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. This video is Part 1 of 2 of the event.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Anniversary Black Tie and Red Carpet Season Opening Gala event in 2006. This video features various speakers and performances celebrating the 30th Anniversary of TBAAL live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. This video Part 2 of 2 of the event. The video's audio is distorted throughout.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Anniversary Black Tie and Red Carpet event in 2006. This video features a Thank You segment from Ronnie C. King, brother of TBAAL founder and president Curtis King, while stationed in Africa.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 30th anniversary season opening gala held on September 23, 2006. The footage shows a stage set in front of a dance floor with the performer Reggae-Ras Tumba singing with an accompanying band. Throughout the performance, individuals come to the floor to dance.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Anniversary Black Tie & Red Carpet Season Opening Gala event in 2006. This video features a stage set in front of a dance floor with the performer Reggae-Ras Tumba singing with an accompanying band. Throughout the performance, individuals come to the floor to dance.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Anniversary Black Tie and Red Carpet Season Opening Gala event in 2006. This video features closeup shots of various speakers and performances celebrating the 30th Anniversary of TBAAL live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. This video is Part 2 of 3 of the event.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Anniversary event in 2006.This video features footage of closeup shots of performers and speakers during the gala and ceremony celebrating 30 years of the organization.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Anniversary event in 2006. This video features footage of closeup shots of performers and speakers during the gala and ceremony celebrating 30 years of the organization.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their New Orleans Jazz Band event in 2006. This video features jazz performances for TBAAL's 30th anniversary season festivities live on stage. The video shows people dancing while the band performs.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th anniversary season opening gala event in 2007. This video shows a stage set in front of a dance floor with the performer Reggae-Ras Tumba singing with an accompanying band. Throughout the performance, individuals come to the floor to dance.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Anniversary Red Carpet event in 2006. This video features the red carpet portion of TBAAL's 30th Anniversary Gala. This video shows guest arrive for the gala including actress Della Reese and others.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 30th anniversary season opener black tie and red carpet gala event held over September 22nd and 23rd, 2006. The tape shows an edited stream of footage from noted speakers and performers throughout the evening and concludes with the finale lead by Curtis King.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 30th anniversary season opener black tie and red carpet gala event held over September 22nd and 23rd, 2006. The tape shows a raw stream of footage of noted speakers and performers throughout the evening and concludes with the finale lead by Curtis King.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th anniversary black tie gala red carpet held on September 23rd, 2006. The footage shows people arriving at the event in formal attire along with interviews, glimpses of photographers and performers. The tape continues inside the main lobby and shows a large crowd.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Anniversary Gala event in 2006. This video features a promotional clip for the 30th Anniversary of TBAAL festivities including mentioning some famous figures that have contributed to the organization's history.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded "The Comedy Explosion" held on Friday, September 23rd, 2005 at the Dallas Convention Center. The event headlined comedian A.J. Jamal with spots from D. Ellis, Black Larry, Angela, Success and Lady Mozann. The footage shows comedians doing sets on politics, beauty, childhood and other topics all centered on the Black experience. The event is hosted by actress Kim Coles who speaks between performers.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded "The Comedy Explosion" held on Friday, September 23rd, 2005 at the Dallas Convention Center. The event headlined comedian A.J. Jamal with spots from D. Ellis, Black Larry, Angela, Success and Lady Mozann. The footage shows comedians doing sets on politics, beauty, childhood and other topics all centered on the Black experience. The event is hosted by actress Kim Coles who speaks between performers.

Photograph of Blair Underwood (right) receiving the Luminary Arts Award at the 2016 Ties and Tux Gala, hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. This image is a still taken from the video recording of the event. Underwood is standing on stage with eight TBAAL students, facing to the left of the camera. He is holding the award in his right hand and a microphone in his left hand. Several of the students are smiling.

Photograph of Blair Underwood (right) receiving the Luminary Arts Award at the 2016 Ties and Tux Gala, hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. This image is a still taken from the video recording of the event. Underwood is standing on stage with Curtis King and eight TBAAL students. He is facing to the left of the camera, holding the award in his right hand and a microphone in his left hand. He appears to be speaking. Members of the audience can be seen sitting in the bottom portion of the photograph with their backs turned to the camera.

Photograph of Blair Underwood having his picture taken with another man and a woman at the 2016 Ties and Tux Gala, hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. They are standing side by side, facing to the right of the camera and smiling. Other guests can be seen around them in the foreground and background of the photograph.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their play 'Blues Bar' directed by Curtis King and the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on September 23-25, 1994 at the Naomi Bruton Theater. The footage shows the first half of the musical performance.

Newspaper clipping about the event honoring the achievements of women African American Artists. The event was held May 14-16, 1981 in Dallas, Texas.