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A Wake-Up Call For The American Dream (open access)

A Wake-Up Call For The American Dream

Text for a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan at Northside High School in Memphis, Tennessee, about African Americans and the "American Dream."
Date: December 6, 1990
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Does the Idea of Civil Rights Remain a Good Idea As We Approach the Year 2000 A.D.? (open access)

Does the Idea of Civil Rights Remain a Good Idea As We Approach the Year 2000 A.D.?

Text of a speech given by Barbara C. Jordan for the Freedom Award ceremony at the National Civil Rights Museum. The speech covers the issue of civil rights in the upcoming millennia.
Date: September 10, 1992
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention] captions transcript

[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date: October 6, 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["King: Montgomery to Memphis" civil rights film segments] captions transcript

["King: Montgomery to Memphis" civil rights film segments]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of segments from the civil rights documentary "King: Montgomery to Memphis" from May 24th, 1991. The U-Matic footage shows clips from the 1960s civil rights movement featuring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders involved in southern non violent protests.
Date: May 24, 1991
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library