Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ma Amrita Pritam, above left, playfully aims a rubber band at Samir, a fellow commune member at the Chidilas Meditation Center, Montclair, N.J. Pritam was formerly known as Shannon Jo Ryan."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ma Amrita Pritam, above left, playfully aims a rubber band at Samir, a fellow commune member at the Chidilas Meditation Center, Montclair, N.J. Pritam was formerly known as Shannon Jo Ryan."

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a Dave Davidson film on the vocal career of Cissy Houston. The footage features interviews with other famous black women performers singers such as Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin and Dionne Warwick speaking on Cissy Houston. The tape also features footage of Cissy working in rehearsal with other singers.