Photograph of Della Reese seated on stage with an unidentified guest.

Photograph of Albertina Walker at a gala celebrating the 30th Anniversary of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, held at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex. She wears a blue outfit and poses in her wheelchair. An unidentified man stands behind her.

Photograph of an unidentified man speaking at the podium.

Photograph of Roger E. Mosley walking down a hallway.

Photograph of Roger E. Mosley standing in a hallway.

Photograph of several unidentified guests standing in a reception room with three women in the center of the pictures.

Photograph of three dancers wearing traditional African costumes.

Photograph of two unidentified guests posing together in a crowded room.

Photograph of a pianist playing a keyboard in front of the stage.

Photograph of Timothy and Phyllis Yvonne Stickney speaking at the podium on stage.

Photograph of an unidentified woman singing on stage.

Photograph of Curtis King standing on stage with several unidentified guests.

Photograph of Ella Joyce on the red carpet, arriving at the event.

Photograph of a section of the red carpet with several guests/onlookers on the outside of a velvet rope.

Photograph of Della Reese being interviewed on the red carpet.

Photograph of a woman singing expressively on stage.

Photograph of Della Reese taken closeup.

Photograph of an unidentified dancer performing on stage.

Photograph of an unidentified woman speaking at the podium on stage.

Photograph of Irma P. Hall and an unidentified guest with several others in the background.

Photograph of Roger E. Mosley speaking on stage.

Photograph of Kim Fields speaking at the podium on stage.

Photograph of Kim Fields at a gala celebrating the 30th Anniversary of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, held at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex. She is crying in the picture, and is pictured from the neck up.

Group photograph taken at a gala celebrating the 30th Anniversary of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, held at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex. In the back row (L-R) are Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Timothy Stickney, two unidentified guests, Ella Joyce, and unidentified woman, and Bill Cobbs. In the front row, from left to right, are: Irma P. Hall, Albertina Walker, Della Reese, and Juanita Moore.