Photograph of an unidentified woman standing in front of a podium and speaking into a microphone with the seventeen Living Legends seated behind her during the Dallas's Black Living Legends event.

Photograph of Curtis King standing in front of a microphone and addressing the audience in the foreground with the Dallas Black Living Legends seated behind him at the Living Legends event.

Photograph of an unidentified woman seated in a red fold-out chair who is one of the honored guests of the Living Legends event and another unidentified woman (right) holding onto a pencil and paper, their attention focused elsewhere.

Photograph of Curtis King standing in front of a microphone and addressing the audience in the foreground with the Dallas Black Living Legends seated behind him at the Living Legends event.

Photograph of Curtis King (left) about to climb onto the stage to address the audience in attendance of the Dallas Black Living Legends event. The seventeen honored Living Legends are seated onstage with the large audience visible in the foreground.

Photograph of Curtis King standing in from of a microphone and addressing the audience in attendance of the Dallas Black Living Legends event. The seventeen honored Living Legends are seen seated behind King on the stage with him.

Photograph of Curtis King (left) about to climb onto the stage to address the audience in attendance of the Dallas Black Living Legends event. The seventeen honored Living Legends are seated onstage with the large audience visible in the foreground.

Invitation to a festival celebrating African American dolls and their creators, hosted on December 15-16, 1990 by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters

Flyer for the Dollart Exhibit and Sale which featured dolls and their creators and was hosted by Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on December 15-16, 1990 at the Dallas Convention Center.

Program for the Dallas Black Living Legends event hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on December 17, 1990 at the James E. Kemp Gallery.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of the photo documentary "Daring to Dream" on December 9th, 1990. The footage, hosted by Cynthia Tinselly, shows a slideshow of photographs paired with interviews of prominent African American historians and community members on the topic of their lived childhood and young adult experience growing up black during the civil rights movement.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Black Living Legends" awards ceremony at the Naomi Burton Theatre. The footage shows a large choir with young adult performers on stage followed by speakers acknowledging the honorees who sit split on risers on either side of the stage.