Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during broadcast PSAs for the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters from July 1983. The footage was produced by Grimco productions and focuses on the annual Symphony in Black partnership with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra summer gala to be held July 15th. The tape only incudes one PSA ending at the :45 second mark.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded a JBAAL banquet for the "Symphony in Black" featuring a speech given by Dr. Eva Jessye & Munday Sisters in July of 1983. The footage pans over the table of featured guests flanking the podium followed by a speech by Jessye. The footage cuts off at the 13:09 minute mark.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a television interview with actor William Marshall who stars in "Black Horizons: Fredrick Douglas" later in October of 1983 with the JBAAL. The footage shows Marshall being interviewed on television over his upcoming role. The tape concludes with footage of an exhibit held at the National Museum of African Art and other D.C museums.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the televised broadcast of the music documentary program "Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever" produced by Suzanne de Passe for Motown Records, to commemorate Motown's 25th year. The 1983 program was taped before a live audience in Pasadena, California on March 25, 1983 and broadcast on NBC May 16th. The tape shows the performance of black celebrity musicians.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded a JBAAL banquet for the "Symphony in Black" featuring a speech given by Dr. Eva Jessye & Munday Sisters in 1983. The footage pans over the table of featured guests flanking the podium followed by a speech by Jessye

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a television interview with actor William Marshall who stars in "Black Horizons: Fredrick Douglas" later in October of 1983 with the JBAAL. The footage shows Marshall being interviewed on television over his upcoming role. The tape concludes with footage of an exhibit held at the National Museum of African Art and other D.C museums.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a broadcast PSA for JBAAL and William Marshall starring in "Black Horizons: Fredrick Douglas Now" to be held end of October 1983. The footage begins at the :34 second mark.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a broadcast PSA for JBAAL and William Marshall starring in "Black Horizons: Enter Fredrick Douglas Now" to be held at the end of October 1983. The footage begins at the 1:00 minute mark and shows footage of Marshall acting on stage.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during broadcast PSAs for the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters from July 1983. The footage was produced by GrimCo productions and focuses on information for the annual Symphony in Black partnership with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra summer gala to be held July 15th.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a meeting held on June 4th, 1983. The footage shows Curtis King speaking to a room filled with small tables seated with women about JBAAL.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a meeting held on June 4th, 1983. The footage shows Curtis King speaking to a room filled with small tables seated with women about JBAAL.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded by GrimCo productions to be aired on television to advertise the 5th annual "Symphony in Black" held July 15th, 1983. The footage includes three PSAs 10, 20, and 30 seconds in length each divided by a 10-second count down. The 30-second clip includes the names of the featured conductor and tenor.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a televised broadcast featuring a story by two African American journalists on the new location of the Black Academy. The footage shows this news story followed by a spot on urban removal in Dallas.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during an early formation meeting led by Curtis King on the topics of committees and parties. The footage shows the living room of a home seated with a small group of women holding clipboards around a center coffee table. Various women speak on the topic of money and proposed dates for a spring/ early summer event.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a meeting held on June 4th, 1983. The DVD footage shows Curtis King speaking to a room filled with small tables seated with women about JBAAL.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the an event celebrating an anniversary of the march on Washington that occurred in 1963. The tapes includes a clip recording various musicians singing with the second clip recording a dialogue with poet Maya Angelou.

Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a session with lead singer of the Supremes Diana Ross in 1983. The tape includes two tracks of well recorded audio of the performance.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a meeting held on June 4th, 1983. The footage shows Curtis King speaking to a room filled with small tables seated with women about JBAAL.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a meeting held on June 4th, 1983. The footage shows Curtis King speaking to a room filled with small tables seated with women about JBAAL.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded a news story done on JBAAL followed by a band called the Blue Foxx performing for the Second Annual Parade of Stars held in May of 1983. The footage cuts to silent black at the 32:09 minute mark.

Flyer for the live jazz performance hosted on January 23, 1983 at the Cafe Theatre by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters and featuring the Jimmy Wilson Big Band.

News release from the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters providing information on the new play by Tom Cole, "Medal of Honor Rag," which was directed by Bob Ray Sanders. The news release discusses the performance dates, cast, and a brief synopsis of the plot.

Flyer for the play 'Enter Frederick Douglass' which starred William Marshall and was performed October 29 and 30, 1983 at the Junior Black Academy Auditorium.

Flyer for the Black Images book party celebrating historian and author Genna Rae McNeil, who wrote the book 'Groundwork.' The event was on November 11, 1983 at the Junior Black Academy in Dallas, Texas.