Guest artist recital performed at the UNT College of Music Concert Hall.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Jack Jacobson. Jacobson was born in 1916. In 1940 he was accepted in the aviation cadet program and graduated in December 1941. He was sent to Fiji where he received additional flight training and was then sent to Guadalcanal. He describes being bombarded for over four hours one night by Japanese ships off the coast. He tells of the experiences of dropping bombs, strafing and escorting bombers during his more than 100 missions and three tours on Guadalcanal. He was selected to be Captain John Mitchell’s wingman during Operation Vengeance. He describes the precise flight plotted by Mitchell for intercept of Admiral Yamamoto’s plane over Bougainville. A vivid description is given of the actions taken by the planes involved in the attack.

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Brush. Brush was assigned to serve as the Chief Engineer of the Philippine Manufacturing Company in Manila, before World War II. He and his wife traveled to Manila in May of 1941 and operated the factory until the end of December. He and his wife were taken prisoner into Santo Tomas Internment Camp in January of 1942. Brush shares details of the accommodations, building structure, atmosphere, food rations, starvation, illnesses, separated living conditions of men, women and children as well as their required daily work. They were later moved to Los Baños Internment Camp. In December of 1943 his wife, along with other women from Santo Tomas, were brought to Los Baños and allowed to live together as a family. Brush provides vivid details of their rescue in February of 1945.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 10th annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on January 17, 1993 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. The tape includes two well recorded tracks of gospel and jazz style music featuring Jennifer Holliday and a 200-voice choir.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 10th annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on January 17, 1993 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. The tape includes two well recorded tracks of gospel and jazz style music featuring Jennifer Holliday and a 200-voice choir.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 10th annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on January 17, 1993 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. The tape includes two well recorded tracks of gospel and jazz style music featuring Jennifer Holliday and a 200-voice choir.