[Literary voices series featuring author and Ph.D. Etiese T. Mkpa Abasika] captions transcript

[Literary voices series featuring author and Ph.D. Etiese T. Mkpa Abasika]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a literary voices series event with Nigerian author Dr. Etiese T. Mkpa Abasika hosted over the weekend of October 15-16th, 1999, at the Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows Dr. Abaskika discussing his book "The Black Jesus: The Conspiracy and the World's Best Kept Secret".
Date: October 16, 1999
Creator: King, Curtis
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[TBAAL R&B concert featuring Dee Dee Warwick] transcript

[TBAAL R&B concert featuring Dee Dee Warwick]

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 23rd season of an R&B concert featuring Dee Dee Warwick accompanied by a small jazz ensemble at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The tape is well recorded and opens with a piano soloist followed by Dee Dee coming on stage to perform various jazz and R&B style numbers.
Date: October 16, 1999
Creator: Warwick, Dee Dee
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Denice Brooks at the Austin Jazz Festival live set] captions transcript

[Denice Brooks at the Austin Jazz Festival live set]

Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 1999 Austin Jazz festival set of Denise Brooks. The footage shows Brooks singing on an outdoor stage accompanied by guitar and drums.
Date: October 10, 1999
Creator: Brooks, Denice
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Africans & African Americans for Enslavement Reparations] (open access)

[Africans & African Americans for Enslavement Reparations]

Flyer discussing the argument for enslavement reparations, a topic of a public discussion hosted on October 16, 1999 at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Flyer: A Taste of Blacken Blues Theater] (open access)

[Flyer: A Taste of Blacken Blues Theater]

Flyer advertising a variety of productions by the Blacken Blues Theater performed in October 1999.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Flyer: A Taste of Blacken Blues Theater] (open access)

[Flyer: A Taste of Blacken Blues Theater]

Flyer advertising plays produced by the Blacken Blues Theater and the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters in October 1999 at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Flyer: Literary Voices Series] (open access)

[Flyer: Literary Voices Series]

Flyer advertising an event featuring author Etiese T. Mkpa Abasika hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on October 15-16, 1999, at the Muse Cafe Theatre.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Pamphlet: Dee Dee Warwick] (open access)

[Pamphlet: Dee Dee Warwick]

Program for a musical jazz performance featuring singer DeeDee Warwick and hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on October 15-16, 1999, at the Muse Cafe Theatre.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release: The Talent Pool] (open access)

[Press release: The Talent Pool]

Press release providing biographies of the various actors and actresses involved in the Blacken Blues Theatre.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Program: Looking for a Man] (open access)

[Program: Looking for a Man]

Program for the production of a play written by Mildred Dumas and Silvia Roberts and hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on October 28-30, 1999.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[TBAAL presents Dee Dee Warwick at the Muse] captions transcript

[TBAAL presents Dee Dee Warwick at the Muse]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 23rd season of a performance by Dee Dee Warwick accompanied by a small jazz ensemble at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage opens with a piano soloist followed by Dee Dee coming on stage in a black and white formal dress. Warwick performs various jazz and R&B style numbers. At the conclusion of the concert Curtis King gifts Warwick a bouquet of flowers on stage.
Date: October 1999
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[TBAAL presents Dee Dee Warwick at the Muse, 2] captions transcript

[TBAAL presents Dee Dee Warwick at the Muse, 2]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 23rd season of a performance by Dee Dee Warwick accompanied by a small jazz ensemble at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage opens with a piano soloist followed by Dee Dee coming on stage in a black and white formal dress. Warwick performs various jazz and R&B style numbers. At the conclusion of the concert Curtis King gifts Warwick a bouquet of flowers on stage.
Date: October 1999
Creator: Warwick, Dee Dee
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Before It Hits Home" performance video] captions transcript

["Before It Hits Home" performance video]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a performance of "Before It Hits Home" written by Cheryl L. West. The performance was held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre during the second half of October 1998. The footage shows actors performing as a multi-generational African American family.
Date: October 30, 1998
Creator: Griot Productions
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Before It Hits Home" performance video, 2] captions transcript

["Before It Hits Home" performance video, 2]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a performance of "Before It Hits Home" written by Cheryl L. West. The performance was held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre during the second half of October 1998. The footage shows actors performing as a multi-generational African American family.
Date: October 30, 1998
Creator: Griot Productions
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Symphony with the Divas" concert finale, tape 2] captions transcript

["Symphony with the Divas" concert finale, tape 2]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the finale of the Symphony with the Divas concert held in Washington D.C on October 21st, 1998. The footage shows a woman speaking at a podium thanking all sponsors and organizations with special recognition for Curtis King. The tape concludes with the orchestra and choir performing a finale while women's names are called as they walk across the stage to be given bouquets of roses.
Date: October 21, 1998
Creator: Washington Symphony Orchestra
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
["Symphony With The Divas" tape #1] captions transcript

["Symphony With The Divas" tape #1]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 1998 "Symphony With The Divas" concert and benefit gala saluting noted African Americans in the medical profession. The footage shows the Washington Symphony along two choirs and soloists performing at the Warner Theatre in Washington D.C. The program includes classical, opera, jazz, and gospel music.
Date: October 21, 1998
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Invitations: Jazz & Blues] (open access)

[Invitations: Jazz & Blues]

Invitation for a jazz and blues performance hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on October 24, 1998 at the Dallas Convention Center.
Date: October 1998
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Screens The Award Winning Film "Sounder"] (open access)

[Press release: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Screens The Award Winning Film "Sounder"]

Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing the screening of a film on October 9, 1998 at the Academy.
Date: October 1998
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Program: Symphony with the Divas] (open access)

[Program: Symphony with the Divas]

Program for a concert performance hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on October 21, 1998 at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Date: October 1998
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Presents Illustrator Thomas Blackshear] (open access)

[Press release: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Presents Illustrator Thomas Blackshear]

Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing the exhibition of artwork by Thomas Blackshear on November 7, 1997 at the James E. Kemp Gallery.
Date: October 27, 1997
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria outdoor performance 1997] captions transcript

[Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria outdoor performance 1997]

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded in Umunze Africa of the Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria, in October of 1997. The footage shows acrobatic dancers performing in an outdoor plaza surrounded by a wall. The dancers wear traditionally clothing and perform dances, tricks, and musical instruments in various groups.
Date: October 23, 1997
Creator: Igbodiegwu Cultural and Acrobatic Dance Troupe of Nigeria
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release: Sasha Daltonn: Dedicated to Keeping Dinah Washington's Memory Alive] (open access)

[Press release: Sasha Daltonn: Dedicated to Keeping Dinah Washington's Memory Alive]

Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing the performance of Sasha Daltonn hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Date: October 18, 1997
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release: "Louis Armstrong: Before the Second Set" starring Akin Babatunde opens at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters] (open access)

[Press release: "Louis Armstrong: Before the Second Set" starring Akin Babatunde opens at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters]

Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing a play starring Akin Babatunde on November 14-15, 1997 at the Clarence Muse Cafe Theatre.
Date: October 14, 1997
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Press release: MAAFA: The Assault on African Civilization & The African Response to Slavery] (open access)

[Press release: MAAFA: The Assault on African Civilization & The African Response to Slavery]

Press release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters discussing the upcoming annual African Awakening Conference which took place on October 30 -November 1-2, 1997 and included events like film screenings and musical performances.
Date: October 14, 1997
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library