Unedited video of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' Season 39 Roundtable Writer's Breakfast event where Minnesota Congressman Keith Maurice Ellison was the featured speaker.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their The Playwright's Spotlight, a Reason to Fight event in 2013. The video shows footage of a stage reading of the Two-Act play, "A Reason to Fight," by Hiram Johnson and Melanie Villines. Performed at Clarence Muse Café. The video cuts at 2:15:06 to a dance performance.

A recording of Aretha: the Musical, about the life and achievements of African-American musical artist Aretha Franklin. The musical was written, produced, and directed by TBAAL founder Curtis King and performed by the students enrolled in the 2011 Youth Summer Arts program.

Unedited video of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' Season 39 Roundtable Writer's Breakfast event where Minnesota Congressman Keith Maurice Ellison was the featured speaker.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Dallas Sings evening concert event featuring Michelle Magee and Andera Wallace. The concert was held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre on September 24th, 2010. The footage shows a small stage under a brick archway with a small band and three microphones set up. Michelle Magee sings first followed by a 15-minute intermission.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 27th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute event in 2011. This video is raw footage of Show #2 performed at 4:00pm. This video features a youth performance of TBAAL's production of "Aretha the Musical" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage.

Unedited video of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' Season 39 Roundtable Writer's Breakfast event where Minnesota Congressman Keith Maurice Ellison was the featured speaker.

Video recording of Sally Lloyd-Jones accepting the 2014 Rodda Award from the Church and Synagogue Library Association for her book Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing. The video was made in lieu of Lloyd-Jones attending the luncheon in Portland, Oregon at CSLA's 47th annual meeting where the award was officially announced. The first part of the video is a book trailer for Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing, which features illustrations from the book accompanied by an orchestral score. At the 1:25 mark, the video transitions to an image of Lloyd-Jones speaking while sitting and looking directly into the camera. Lloyd-Jones thanks the CSLA for the award, shares her inspiration for her book, and reads an excerpt.

Video of practice and preparation footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 23, 2016.

Video of practice and preparation footage from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters (TBAAL) Summer Youth Arts Institute on June 23, 2016.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 27th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute event in 2011. This video is raw footage of Show #1 performed at 1:00pm. This video features a youth performance of TBAAL's production of "Aretha the Musical" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. The video cuts at 1:15:05 to a news segment.

Unedited video of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' Season 39 Roundtable Writer's Breakfast event where Minnesota Congressman Keith Maurice Ellison was the featured speaker.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 27th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute event in 2011. This video is raw footage of Show #2 performed at 4:00pm. This video features a youth performance of TBAAL's production of "Aretha the Musical" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. The video cuts at 1:19:05 to a news segment.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Dallas Sings evening concert event featuring Michelle Magee and Andera Wallace. The concert was held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre on September 24th, 2010. The footage shows a small stage under a brick archway with a small band and three microphones set up. Michelle Magee sings first followed by a 15-minute intermission and then Andrea Wallace.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: African-American and Hispanics event in 2010. This video features discussions between prominent TBAAL members with judge Maryellen Hicks and businessman Ricardo Medrano leading the dialogue on jealousy, competition, art and culture between the two groups.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 27th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute: Aretha: The Musical event in 2011. This video features a youth performance of TBAAL's production of "Aretha the Musical" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 27th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute: Aretha: The Musical event in 2011. This video features a youth performance of TBAAL's production of "Aretha the Musical" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 27th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute event in 2011. This video is raw footage of Show #1 performed at 1:00pm. This video features a youth performance of TBAAL's production of "Aretha the Musical" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. This video cuts at 1:15:04 to a news segment.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 27th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute event in 2011. This video is raw footage from Show #2 performed at 4:00pm. This video features a youth performance of TBAAL's production of "Aretha the Musical" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. The video cuts at 1:16:56 to a news segment.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Playwright Spotlight A Reason to Fight event. Performance shows a group reading of a Two-Act play by Melanie Villines and Hiram Johnson.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 35th seasons' "Six Brothers on Sax" live concert event held on March 24th, 2012 on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The concert features the jazz saxophone group with musicians Joseph Vincelli, Thom Brownlee Jr., Mark Allen Felton, Tom Braxton, Keith Anderson and Art Sherrod. The footage shows the musicians performing on various types of saxophones from a camera set at a wide angle.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 35th season's "Six Brothers on Sax" live concert event held on March 24th, 2012 on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The concert features the jazz saxophone group with musicians Joseph Vincelli, Thom Brownlee Jr., Mark Allen Felton, Tom Braxton, Keith Anderson, and Art Sherrod. The footage shows the musicians performing on various types of saxophones from a camera set at a wide angle. The tape ends with the audience giving a standing ovation and obscuring the camera.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 35th seasons' "Six Brothers on Sax" live concert event held on March 24th, 2012 on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The concert features the jazz saxophone group with musicians Joseph Vincelli, Thom Brownlee Jr., Mark Allen Felton, Tom Braxton, Keith Anderson and Art Sherrod. The footage shows the musicians performing on various types of saxophones from a camera set at a wide angle.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "Poets N' Jazz #2" featuring poet GF Solider held over the weekend of February 23-24th, 2012 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows GF Solider performing original poetry on the topics of religion, church, wisdom, and hardship.