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[Card: Black Art in the Media Exhibition and Black Family Reunion Celebration]

Card inviting the recipient to the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters' events: Black Art in the Media Exhibition and Black Family Reunion Celebration.
Date: September 8, 1989
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Program: Dallas, Yours and Mine] (open access)

[Program: Dallas, Yours and Mine]

Program for the performance of Dallas, Yours and Mine, which was sponsored by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters and held on April 8th and 9th of 1982. The program lists the performances and performers involved in each, as well as the committees and Academy members involved in performance production.
Date: April 8, 1982
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Comedy night at the Muse featuring Jemmerio Jemmerio tape 2 of 2] captions transcript

[Comedy night at the Muse featuring Jemmerio Jemmerio tape 2 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 36th season's Comedy Night at the Muse featuring comedian Jemmerio Jemmerio over the weekend of March 8-9th, 2013. The footage shows the last 30 minutes of his stand-up routine with the tape going to black at the 29:07 time mark.
Date: March 8, 2013
Creator: Jemmerio, Jemmerio & Boyd, Kenneth
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["In Concert...The Gospel Gurls", tape 2] captions transcript

["In Concert...The Gospel Gurls", tape 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Gospel Gurls" live concert event held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre on April 8th and 9th, 2000. The footage shows Curtis King giving introductions followed by the concert in full.
Date: April 8, 2001
Creator: King, Curtis; Hatchett, Carolene; Jones, Dottie; Bell, Angela; Burroughs, Lisa; Arterberry, Benita et al.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Guests converse at "For My People" event]

Photograph of guests conversing at an event featuring a performance of "For My People, A New Musical Work: Tribute to Dr. Margaret Walker," hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Four individuals are standing next to each other, holding refreshments. One woman on the left side of the photograph is pointing with her right hand and appears to be speaking. The other three individuals are looking at her. Two women can be seen sitting in the background of the photograph.
Date: April 8, 2015
Creator: Latte Media Group
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Randy Klein speaks during "For My People" performance, 2]

Photograph of Randy Klein speaking during a performance of "For My People, A New Musical Work: Tribute to Dr. Margaret Walker," hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Klein can be seen in the center of the photograph, in front of a piano. He is holding a microphone up to his mouth with his left hand and holding a folded sheet of paper in his right hand.
Date: April 8, 2015
Creator: Latte Media Group
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc. Celebrates the Holiday Season] (open access)

[Press release: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc. Celebrates the Holiday Season]

Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing the holiday concerts hosted to celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa on December 13, 1996 at the Naomi Bruton Theater.
Date: November 8, 1996
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Randy Klein speaks during "For My People" performance, 1]

Photograph of Aurelia Williams (left) and Randy Klein (right) during a performance of "For My People, A New Musical Work: Tribute to Dr. Margaret Walker," hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Williams is sitting on a stool, facing to the left of the camera and smiling. She is holding a microphone in her lap. Klein is sitting in front of a piano, facing the same direction. He is holding a microphone up to his mouth and appears to be speaking.
Date: April 8, 2015
Creator: Latte Media Group
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Aurelia Williams sings during "For My People" performance]

Photograph of Aurelia Williams during a performance of "For My People, A New Musical Work: Tribute to Dr. Margaret Walker," hosted by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. Williams can be seen on stage behind a music stand, holding a microphone up to her mouth with her left hand. She appears to be singing. Randy Klein can be seen playing piano behind Williams on the left side of the photograph, facing away from the camera. A quartet is standing on stage next to Klein.
Date: April 8, 2015
Creator: Latte Media Group
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: Stereotypes in African American Literature] captions transcript

[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: Stereotypes in African American Literature]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: Stereotypes in African American Literature event in 2011. This video features prominent figures of TBAAL discussing racial stereotypes with author Alice Randall.
Date: October 8, 2011
Creator: Waller, Alonzo
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: Stereotypes in African American Literature] captions transcript

[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: Stereotypes in African American Literature]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: Stereotypes in African American Literature event. This event covered discussions between prominent figures of TBAAL about racial stereotypes with author Alice Randall.
Date: October 8, 2011
Creator: Waller, Alonzo
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: Stereotypes - Series 1 of 3. Stereotypes in African American Literature] captions transcript

[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: Stereotypes - Series 1 of 3. Stereotypes in African American Literature]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: Stereotypes in African American Literature event in 2011. The event features discussions between prominent figures of TBAAL about stereotypes with author Alice Randall.
Date: October 8, 2011
Creator: Jenkins, Barry
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Poets N' Jazz #2] captions transcript

[Poets N' Jazz #2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Poets N' Jazz #2 event in 2008. This video features poetry performances by various local poets with music accompaniment live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre. This video is Part 1 of 3 of the poets' performances.
Date: 2008-02-08/2008-02-09
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Poets N' Jazz #2] captions transcript

[Poets N' Jazz #2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Poets N' Jazz #2 event in 2008. This video features poetry performances by various local poets with music accompaniment live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre. This video is Part 3 of 3 of the poets' performances.
Date: 2008-02-08/2008-02-09
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Summer Youth Arts Institute parent meeting] captions transcript

[Summer Youth Arts Institute parent meeting]

Unedited video of the TBAAL Summer Youth Arts Institute's mandatory parent meeting on day 1 of the program. TBAAL founder Curtis King discusses program rules, and introduces a brief performance by a group of six academy students.
Date: June 8, 2015
Creator: Latte Media Group
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["14th Amendment: Race Immigration and Transformation in the 21st Century" tape 1] captions transcript

["14th Amendment: Race Immigration and Transformation in the 21st Century" tape 1]

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.
Date: January 8, 2011
Creator: King, Curtis
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["14th Amendment: Race Immigration and Transformation in the 21st Century" tape 2] captions transcript

["14th Amendment: Race Immigration and Transformation in the 21st Century" tape 2]

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 economics of immigration and the phrase "immigration is the new slavery".
Date: January 8, 2011
Creator: King, Curtis
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Comedy Night at the Muse featuring Kenny Howell] captions transcript

[Comedy Night at the Muse featuring Kenny Howell]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Comedy Night at the Muse event in 2011. This video features a comedy performance by Kenny Howell live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre with an opening act by comedian Denzel Snipes.
Date: 2011-10-08/2011-10-09
Creator: Boyd, Kenneth
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Roundtable Writers Breakfast - Race in America 2, Law and Conflict, Camera 1] captions transcript

[Roundtable Writers Breakfast - Race in America 2, Law and Conflict, Camera 1]

Video of the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast on April 8, 2017. Curtis King, Hector Garza, Chika Anyiam, and Maryellen Hicks lead a discourse on racism in America with other meeting attendees. This is raw unedited footage captured by camera 1 (of 2) at the event.
Date: April 8, 2017
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Roundtable Writers Breakfast - Race in America 2, Law and Conflict, Camera 2] captions transcript

[Roundtable Writers Breakfast - Race in America 2, Law and Conflict, Camera 2]

Video of the Roundtable Writer's Breakfast on April 8, 2017. Curtis King, Hector Garza, Chika Anyiam, and Maryellen Hicks lead a discourse on racism in America with other meeting attendees. This is raw unedited footage captured by camera 2 (of 2) at the event.
Date: April 8, 2017
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Budding Rose Concert, Camera 1] captions transcript

[Budding Rose Concert, Camera 1]

Video of the Budding Rose concert at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters on April 8, 2017, including an opening performance by students of Charles Rice Learning Center, and the main performance by a group of students from various Dallas ISD schools. This is raw unedited footage captured by camera 1 (of 2) at the event.
Date: April 8, 2017
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Budding Rose Concert, Camera 2] captions transcript

[Budding Rose Concert, Camera 2]

Video of the Budding Rose concert at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters on April 8, 2017, including an opening performance by students of Charles Rice Learning Center, and the main performance by a group of students from various Dallas ISD schools. This is raw unedited footage taken by camera 2 (of 2) at the event.
Date: April 8, 2017
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Billy Preston: "Will It Go Round in Circles"] captions transcript

[Billy Preston: "Will It Go Round in Circles"]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The video footage was recorded during a special dinner performance concert and celebration where R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel singer Billy Preston was the main performer.
Date: December 8, 2000
Creator: The Black Academy of Arts & Letters
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Poets N' Jazz #2] captions transcript

[Poets N' Jazz #2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Poets N' Jazz #2 event in 2008. This video features poetry performances by various local poets with music accompaniment live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre. This video is Part 2 of 3 of the poets' performances.
Date: 2008-02-08/2008-02-09
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library