Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Roundtable Writer's Breakfast, Five Decades Later event in 2013. The video shows conversations between prominent figures of TBAAL.

Photograph of orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. A girl can be seen in the center of the photograph, sitting in a theatre seat. She is looking to the left of the camera and clasping her hands. Other students are sitting behind her, looking in the same direction.

Photograph of Jameal Williams speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Williams can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera. He is holding a microphone up to his mouth with his right hand and gesturing with his left hand.

Photograph of Abeni Haynes at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Haynes can be seen in the center of the photograph, looking to the right of the camera. She is biting her bottom lip.

Photograph of a man at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The man can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera.

Photograph of a woman speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The woman can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera. She is holding a microphone in her right hand and giving a thumbs-up with her left hand.

Photograph of a student at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The boy can be seen in the center of the photograph, looking at the camera and smiling. He is waving with his right hand. Other students can be seen sitting in the background and foreground of the photograph.

Photograph of Tiana Alexander speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Alexander can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the left of the camera and smiling. She is holding a microphone in her right hand.

Photograph of a woman speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The woman can be seen in the center of the photograph, looking to the left of the camera. She is holding a microphone in her right hand and grasping the microphone chord with her left hand. Three individuals can be seen sitting in the background behind her.

Photograph of a man speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The man can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the left of the camera. He is holding a microphone in his right hand.

Photograph of a man speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The man can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the left of the camera. He is holding a microphone in his left hand.

Photograph of Curtis King speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. King can be seen standing in the center of the photograph, facing to the left of the camera. He is holding a microphone in his left hand and gesturing with his right hand. Two microphone stands and a sheet music stand can be seen in the foreground of the photograph.

Photograph of Taylen Walls on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Walls can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing the camera and looking off to the right. He is doing a peace sign with his left hand.

Photograph of Taylen Walls on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Walls can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing the camera. He is crossing his arms over his chest and doing a peace sign with both hands.

Photograph of Ava Wilson speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Wilson can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera. She is holding a microphone in her right hand. Three individuals can be seen sitting behind her in the background.

Photograph of Young Gifted and Black Artists (YGBA) performing at "Jazz Weekend in Dallas: A Night That Rocks featuring Will Downing," part of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 39th season. This image is a still taken from the video recording of the event. A young woman can be seen standing on stage in the center of the photograph, holding a microphone in her right hand. She is looking to the right of the camera and resting her left hand on her hip. Two other young women are standing on stage behind her, and appear to be singing into microphones on stands. A man can be seen playing drums in the background of the photograph.

Photograph of Will Downing performing at "Jazz Weekend in Dallas: A Night That Rocks featuring Will Downing," part of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 39th season. This image is a still taken from the video recording of the event. Downing can be seen standing on stage in the center of the photograph, facing to the left of the camera. He is holding a microphone in his right hand and appears to be singing. His left hand is resting on his chest.

Photograph of Will Downing performing at "Jazz Weekend in Dallas: A Night That Rocks featuring Will Downing," part of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 39th season. This image is a still taken from the video recording of the event. Downing can be seen standing on stage in the center of the photograph, facing to the left of the camera. He is holding a microphone in his right hand and appears to be singing. A man can be seen playing the keyboard in the background on the right side of the photograph.

Photograph of orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Students can be seen sitting in theatre seats, facing to the left of the camera. Two girls closest to the camera are resting their hands on their chins.

Photograph of orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Two girls can be seen sitting in theatre seats, looking to the left of the camera. They are both clasping their hands. Other girls can be seen sitting in the foreground and background of the photograph.

Photograph of a woman at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The woman can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera.

Photograph of a man at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The man can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera. He is biting his bottom lip.

Photograph of a man speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The man can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera and smiling. He is holding a microphone in his right hand.

Photograph of Cheryl Tyre speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Tyre can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the right of the camera. She is holding a microphone with both hands.