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[17th Annual Spring Rising Lecture, Part 1 of 2] captions transcript

[17th Annual Spring Rising Lecture, Part 1 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 17th Annual Spring Rising Lecture event in 2002. This video features a lecture from Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan as a part of the 17th Annual Spring Rising Conference which focuses on the African Origin of Civilization. This video shows performances before the lecture. This video is Part 1 of 2 of the event.
Date: April 20, 2002
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[17th Annual Spring Rising Lecture, Part 2 of 2] captions transcript

[17th Annual Spring Rising Lecture, Part 2 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 17th Annual Spring Rising Lecture event in 2002. This video features a lecture from Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan as a part of the 17th Annual Spring Rising Conference which focuses on the African Origin of Civilization. This video is Part 2 of 2 of the event.
Date: April 20, 2002
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[17th Annual Spring Rising Lecture, Tape 3] captions transcript

[17th Annual Spring Rising Lecture, Tape 3]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 17th Annual Spring Rising Lecture event in 2002. This video features a lecture from Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan as a part of the 17th Annual Spring Rising Conference which focuses on the African Origin of Civilization. This video shows a performance before the lecture. This video is Tape 3 of the event.
Date: April 20, 2002
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
1992 Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade footage captions transcript

1992 Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade footage

Video footage of the 9th annual Dallas Gay Pride Parade, the 1992 Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade.
Date: September 20, 1992
Creator: Bucher, Terry
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
2002 G/L/B/T Voter's Guide (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 21, Ed. 2 Friday, September 20, 2002 (open access)

2002 G/L/B/T Voter's Guide (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 21, Ed. 2 Friday, September 20, 2002

Elections guide published by the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance Don Baker Education Fund as a supplement to the Dallas Voice newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes 2002 Texas election information of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: September 20, 2002
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
["30th Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Concert" tracks 1-12] transcript

["30th Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Concert" tracks 1-12]

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Concert held on January 20th, 2013 at the Meyerson Symphony Center. The audio tape includes 12 tracks of gospel music performed live by the TBAAL choir and guest artist Erykah Badu. Song titles listed in concert program.
Date: January 20, 2013
Creator: King, Curtis & Badu, Erykah
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[30th Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert starring Erykah Badu] captions transcript

[30th Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert starring Erykah Badu]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 30th Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert event. Performances by Erykah Badu and various artists and performers being interviewed about their feelings towards the event.
Date: January 20, 2013
Creator: Evans, Tracy
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[3rd annual Sankofa Café Bash "Spoken Word "Til Midnight"] captions transcript

[3rd annual Sankofa Café Bash "Spoken Word "Til Midnight"]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the conclusion of the 3rd annual Sankofa Café Bash "Spoken Word "Til Midnight" literary voices series performance. The spoken word event featured Ordained in Lyrics, Surreal Thought Universe and musical group Common Folk Band.
Date: June 20, 2003
Creator: Artist's One Project; King, Curtis & Spencer, Camika
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[6th annual weekend festival of black dance live performance tape 1 of 2] captions transcript

[6th annual weekend festival of black dance live performance tape 1 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 6th annual weekend festival of black dance live performance held on February 20th, 2010 at the Naomi Bruton Theatre. The footage shows the Happy Nia Dance Theatre, Djey Kunda West African Dance Company and Dallas Black Dance Theatre Company performing African, contemporary and jazz styles of dance.
Date: February 20, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[6th annual weekend festival of black dance live performance tape 2 of 2] captions transcript

[6th annual weekend festival of black dance live performance tape 2 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 6th annual weekend festival of black dance live performance held on February 20th, 2010 at the Naomi Bruton Theatre. The footage shows the Happy Nia Dance Theatre, Djey Kunda West African Dance Company and Dallas Black Dance Theatre Company performing African, contemporary and jazz styles of dance.
Date: February 20, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[6th annual weekend festival of black dance master class] captions transcript

[6th annual weekend festival of black dance master class]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 6th annual weekend festival of black dance master class held on February 20th, 2010. The footage shows dancers of all ages doing workouts, stretches, and across the floor exercises.
Date: February 20, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[6th Annual Weekend Festival of Black Dance: Performance] captions transcript

[6th Annual Weekend Festival of Black Dance: Performance]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Weekend Festival of Black Dance: Master Class and Performance event in 2010. This video features various youth performances celebrating African American culture and dance live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage with the Happy Nia Dance Theatre, Djey Kunda West African Dance Company and Dallas Black Dance Theatre Company.
Date: February 20, 2010
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aerial View of Bluff View and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Bluff View Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park is located in the center of the picture along Pomona Road. Residential suburbs are visible in the upper portion of the picture as well as approximately five houses below the park.
Date: July 20, 1947
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Casa Linda Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Casa Linda Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. The park, which contains a baseball park, sits near the middle of the picture, just below San Saba Drive and above a railroad. Houses are visible above the park.
Date: July 20, 1947
Creator: Haskins, Squire
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Cedar Ridge Park and Surrounding Area]

Photograph of Cedar Ridge Park and its surrounding area in Dallas, Texas. An area largely covered in trees sits in the center of the photo, above a road. A large building is visible above this area, and residential suburbs sit in the top left corner. A subdivision of similar, red buildings is visible on the right side.
Date: March 20, 1997
Creator: Loftin, Reginald G.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agenda: Commissioners Court Dallas County] (open access)

[Agenda: Commissioners Court Dallas County]

The December 20, 1994 agenda for the Dallas County Commissioners Court.
Date: December 20, 1994
Creator: The County of Dallas
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Agenda with handwritten notes: Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition of Dallas] (open access)

[Agenda with handwritten notes: Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition of Dallas]

An agenda with handwritten notes for the March meeting of the Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition of Dallas.
Date: March 20, 1990
Creator: Lesbian/Gay Political Coalition of Dallas
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Ancestral Memories: Vintage Quilts Made From Grandma's Hands] captions transcript

[Ancestral Memories: Vintage Quilts Made From Grandma's Hands]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Ancestral Memories: Vintage Quilts Made From Grandma's Hands exhibition in 2006. This video features various quilts on display at the James E. Kemp Gallery and their descriptions.
Date: 2006-01-20/2006-01-21
Creator: Boyd, Kenneth
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annunciator. (open access)

Annunciator.

Patent for improvement in annunciator by “providing a circuit-closing attachment for annunciators by means of which an electric lamp will be lit when the annunciator-drop falls.” (Lines 15-18) Illustration is included.
Date: October 20, 1891
Creator: Fouts, Lambert F.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Anonymous Letter to Chief of Police, October 20, 1964] (open access)

[Anonymous Letter to Chief of Police, October 20, 1964]

Anonymous letter to the chief of police which reads: "Chief of Police, Dallas, Texas. The Warren Report is wrong 4 people were used to eliminte Kennedy 1 is dead - 3 live - Johnson knows 3 more 1< to go. - A friend of Lee Oswald."
Date: October 20, 1964
Creator: Dallas (Tex.). Police Department.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Apparatus for Feeding Seed-Cotton to Gins (open access)

Apparatus for Feeding Seed-Cotton to Gins

Patent for an improvement to seed feeders "to improve and simplify the feed mechanisms of such machines or apparatus and provide means whereby a number of rigidly depending chutes
Date: December 20, 1892
Creator: Murray, Stephen D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Train-Stop. (open access)

Automatic Train-Stop.

Patent for a more efficient automatic train stop with a mechanism that uses a connection with the block system used on railways to stop a train when it runs into "the tracks of the danger zone or upon the tracks of the block where the train should be stopped." (lines 16-18)
Date: April 20, 1915
Creator: Gramm, John A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bare Shelves]

Photograph of some grocery shelves that are nearly empty of all produce with the exception of a few yogurt cups. This was immediately after the COVID-19 pandemic that closed everything.
Date: July 20, 2022
Creator: Miller, Julie
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bicentennial Almanack (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1976 (open access)

Bicentennial Almanack (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1976

Quarterly newspaper from Dallas, Texas published to promote interest in the observance of and participation in the American Bicentennial in Dallas.
Date: February 20, 1976
Creator: Robinson, Claudia
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History