Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 16th annual Summer Youth Arts Institute production held on June 17th, 2000 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows children of varying ages dancing, singing, and acting in various skits.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 16th annual Summer Youth Arts Institute production held on June 17th, 2000 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows children of varying ages dancing, singing, and acting in various skits.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 20th annual summer youth arts camp on June 19th, 2004. The footage shows a film with credits at its opener followed by youth of various ages in jeans, t-shirts, sunglasses and hats dancing and singing. Curtis King and others give closing remarks.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 20th annual Summer Youth Arts Institute performance held on June 12, 2004. The theme of the years program is all things Hollywood with children of varying ages performing various skits from famous films, bands and orchestras and playing selections from film scores. Other groups include dancers and handbell choirs. Various administrators speak throughout the performance as they reset the stage about the program and notable volunteers.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 22nd Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute event in 2006. This video features interviews with cast and crew of TBAAL's summer institute production, "Djaamana' Deen" live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. The video concludes with the show introduction by founder and president Curtis King.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 2nd annual 'Wine, Watermelon, The Word: Unprogrammed and Uncensored" literary voices series performance at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre in June of 2002. The program was held annually in conjunction with the celebrations for Juneteenth. The program highlighted the literary, vocal and dramatic arts.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the conclusion of the 3rd annual Sankofa Café Bash "Spoken Word "Til Midnight" literary voices series performance. The spoken word event featured Ordained in Lyrics, Surreal Thought Universe and musical group Common Folk Band.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the conclusion of the 4th annual Sankofa Café Bash "Wine, Watermelon, The Word" literary voices series performance. The spoken word event featured Dallas's best seller Emotion Brown along with soul and hip hop music.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the conclusion of the 4th annual Sankofa Café Bash "Wine, Watermelon, The Word" literary voices series performance. The spoken word event featured Dallas's best seller Emotion Brown along with soul and hip hop music. The tape switches to a youth summer arts performance at the 33:13 time mark.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 5th Annual Sankofa Muse Café Bash, "Wine, Watermelon, and the Word" event in 2005. This video features the annual musical and poetry performance with special artist Camika Spencer live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 7th Annual Sankofa Muse Café Bash: Wine, Watermelon, and the Word event in 2007. This video features the annual musical performance live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a broadcast clipping from channel 5 on the upcoming performance "M'Bonse" to be held June 3rd, 2000. The footage shows clips from rehearsals along with an interview with Dereque Whiturs on the concept behind the performance and what bringing two dance groups together to collaborate looks like.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Akin Babatunde: "A Visit with Satchmo" event in 2003. This video features a theatrical performance starring writer and actor Akin Babatunde live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre. This video is Part 1 of 2 of the event.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Angel of the Night Dinner Theatre Concert event in June of 2003. This VHS footage features a concert performance starring recording artist Angela Bofill live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Angel of the Night Dinner Theatre Concert event in 2003. This video features a concert performance starring recording artist Angela Bofill live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a news section on the conflict between the city of Dallas and the academy over a new location in the developing Dallas arts district. The story outlines the conflict taking place between January and June of 1984 over the Austin street building that was awarded to the academy being uninhabitable, unsuited for the organizations, and ultimately to be torn down in five years. The issues addressed were unkept promises by city officials and misinformation. The footage shows an in-depth interview of Curtis King and the mayor's political consultant Judy Amps.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Black Music Month Celebration Concert event in 2007. This video features various vocal and instrumental performances live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. This video is Part 1 of 2 of the event. The video has no audio.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Black Music Month Celebration Concert event in 2007. This video features various vocal and instrumental performances live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage. This video is Part 2 of 2 of the event. The video has no audio.

Video recording from the Black Tie Dinner Collection recorded during an interview with several community members of GLSEN, Fort Worth Men's Chorus, and the National Uncommon Legacy Foundation.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Blues in the Night" concert event held on June 17th, 2000 on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The footage shows Chicago blues singer KoKo Taylor singing the blues accompanied by a small band of guitars and drums.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a 2 hour broadcast recording of channel 21 news in the summer of 2007. The VHS footage is relevant to the collection due to a production highlight on the Rhapsody in Rhythm gospel group performance in June at the Academy. Rhapsody in Rhythm performs live on set and is discussed until the 11:06 time mark.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a moderated discussion between authors Haki R. Madhubuti and Michael Thelwell on June 10, 2006, at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre. The discussions center on the contrast in the experience of living in America versus the Caribbean (African diaspora) and how that plays out emotionally and artistically in their writing. Thelwell is the man on the left with the beard and glasses and Madhubuti is on the right.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Chit-Chat Between Two Writers: An African American and Caribbean Dialogue event in 2006. This video features a moderated discussion between authors Haki R. Madhubuti and Michael Thelwell centered on the contrast in the experience of living in America versus the Caribbean (African diaspora) and how that plays out emotionally and artistically in their writing.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Chit-Chat Between Two Writers: An African American and Caribbean Dialogue event in 2006. This video features a moderated discussion between authors Haki R. Madhubuti and Michael Thelwell centered on the contrast in the experience of living in America versus the Caribbean (African diaspora) and how that plays out emotionally and artistically in their writing.