[2009 Black Tie Dinner video presentations] captions transcript

[2009 Black Tie Dinner video presentations]

Four videos shown at the 2009 Black Tie Dinner, including a beneficiary video, a board video, a compilation put together by the Human Rights Campaign, and a video celebrating Steve Atkinson as the winner of the Kuchling Humanitarian Award.
Date: October 2, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Dress performance theatre series: "Ali.. The Peoples Champion" tape 1 of 2] captions transcript

[Dress performance theatre series: "Ali.. The Peoples Champion" tape 1 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Dress Performance Theatre Series production of "Ali.. The Man, The Myth The Peoples Champion" performed by solo actor Vincent Cook. The production was held over the weekend of October 23-24th 2009 at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre. The footage shows Cook giving an inspiring performance focusing on the famous athletes' personal and professional life.
Date: October 23, 2009
Creator: King, Curtis & Cook, Vincent
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Dress performance theatre series: "Ali.. The Peoples Champion" tape 2 of 2] captions transcript

[Dress performance theatre series: "Ali.. The Peoples Champion" tape 2 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Dress Performance Theatre Series production of "Ali.. The Man, The Myth The Peoples Champion" performed by solo actor Vincent Cook. The production was held over the weekend of October 23-24th, 2009 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows Cook giving an inspiring performance focusing on the famous athletes' personal and professional life.
Date: October 23, 2009
Creator: Cook, Vincent & King, Curtis
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: S-Stout] captions transcript

[News Clip: S-Stout]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 9, 2009, 5:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: "African Americans and Turkish" tape 1 of 2] captions transcript

[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: "African Americans and Turkish" tape 1 of 2]

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 colonialism, slavery, and immigration within the middle east and how that compares to the African American experience.
Date: October 24, 2009
Creator: King, Curtis & Koc, Dogan
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: "African Americans and Turkish" tape 2 of 2] captions transcript

[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: "African Americans and Turkish" tape 2 of 2]

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.
Date: October 24, 2009
Creator: King, Curtis & Koc, Dogan
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Three Gentlemen of Gospel" tribute concert tape 1 of 3] captions transcript

["Three Gentlemen of Gospel" tribute concert tape 1 of 3]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Three Gentlemen of Gospel" concert tribute to Rance Allen, Daryl Coley, and Walter Hawkins held on October 12th, 2009 on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The footage shows a live performance of gospel music by a large choir and various featured individuals such as dancers and directors. The featured guests include Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Kervy Brown.
Date: October 12, 2009
Creator: King, Curtis
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Three Gentlemen of Gospel" tribute concert tape 2 of 3] captions transcript

["Three Gentlemen of Gospel" tribute concert tape 2 of 3]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Three Gentlemen of Gospel" concert held in tribute of Rance Allen, Daryl Coley, and Walter Hawkins held on October 12th, 2009 on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The footage shows a live performance of gospel music by a large choir and various featured individuals such as dancers and directors. The featured guests include Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Kervy Brown.
Date: October 12, 2009
Creator: King, Curtis
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Three Gentlemen of Gospel" tribute concert tape 3 of 3] captions transcript

["Three Gentlemen of Gospel" tribute concert tape 3 of 3]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Three Gentlemen of Gospel" concert held in tribute to Rance Allen, Daryl Coley, and Walter Hawkins held on October 12th, 2009 on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The footage shows a live performance of gospel music by a large choir and various featured individuals such as dancers and directors. The featured guests include Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Kervy Brown.
Date: October 12, 2009
Creator: King, Curtis
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Video recording of 2009 Black Tie Dinner] captions transcript

[Video recording of 2009 Black Tie Dinner]

Video of the 28th Annual Black Tie Dinner themed, "Courage, Hope, Inspiration," held as a fundraiser for various LGBTQ+ organizations. California Mayor Gavin Newsom was the keynote speaker. The Kuchling Humanitarian Award and Elizabeth Birch Equality Award were given to Steve Atkinson and Judy Shepard, respectively. Entertainment included performances by Booker T. High School dancers, Jason Walker, and Ellen Lauper, among others. Victoria Gutierrez hosted the Black Tie Dinner auction.
Date: October 3, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Voices of Poetry #2" tape 1 of 2] captions transcript

["Voices of Poetry #2" tape 1 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "Voices of Poetry #2" held on October 9th, 2009 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The event has a lineup of 12 African American poets with this tape beginning with Ms. Jeanie and her poem "Chocolate" and ending with Sandra Williams.
Date: October 9, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Voices of Poetry #2" tape 2 of 2] captions transcript

["Voices of Poetry #2" tape 2 of 2]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "Voices of Poetry #2" held on October 9th, 2009 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The event has a lineup of 12 African American poets with this tape beginning with Deep Coco and ending with Black Page. At the end of the tape, all poets come back on stage as a group.
Date: October 9, 2009
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
["You Can Be" live concert] captions transcript

["You Can Be" live concert]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "You Can Be" hip-hop and gospel concert held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre on October 16th, 2009. The concert features two teen vocalists Rachel Dupard and Kierra Gray.
Date: October 16, 2009
Creator: King, Curtis; Dupard, Rachel & Gray, Kierra
System: The UNT Digital Library