Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 29th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute Motown: The Musical event in 2013. The video features behind-the-scenes footage of the event including practices and interviews with production musicians, choreographers, and crew.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 29th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute Motown: The Musical event in 2013. This video features a news clip promoting the event and two youth performances.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 29th Annual Summer Youth Arts Institute Motown: The Musical event in 2013. This video features a news clip promoting the event showing an interview with founder Curtis King.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Comedy Night at the Muse event in 2013. This event featured comedians RodMan, Kim Whitley, and Michael Shaw.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Comedy Night Featuring RodMan event. Comedians Michael Shaw and Kim Whitely make appearances. The video cuts at 1:21:30 to a party and a news segment at 1:32:39.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Summer Arts Intensive Education Training Program event in 2013. Various performances by youth singers and musicians including dance hosted by Curtis King.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Summer Arts Intensive Education Training Program event in 2013. Various performances by the youth that include acting, singing, and dancing. Hosted by Curtis King.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 2013 "Juneteenth Jazz Jam" featuring jazz singer Martha Burks held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows Burks taking a short break to interact with the audience before closing out the concert with a final song. The concert concludes at the 20:14 minute mark with the tape switching to unrelated content.

Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 2013 "Juneteenth Jazz Jam" featuring jazz singer Martha Burks held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows the opening of the concert with performances by the small jazz ensemble with Burks coming onstage at the 14:57 minute mark in a black dress. The tape skips the intermission and jumps to the second set at the 1:15:07 time mark.

Video of behind-the-scenes footage from the 2013 TBAAL Summer Youth Arts Institute. The video includes a student orchestra performance and awards ceremony, as well as footage of the lighting crew, auditions, and skit takes from the making of "Motown Motown: The Musical."

Photograph of Stephen Semien (right) and Judy Milner (left) instructing students during rehearsal for "Motown Motown: The Musical," produced by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters as part of their 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. They are standing single file, facing to the left of the camera. Semien is reaching his left arm around Milner's torso. Students can be seen in the background of the photograph, performing the same dance move.

Photograph of Stephen Semien, taken during The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Semien is facing to the right of the camera, raising both arms and pointing downward with his left hand. His mouth is open as if he is speaking.

Photograph of Stephen Semien (center) on stage with students during rehearsal for "Motown Motown: The Musical," produced by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters as part of their 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Semien has his back turned to the camera and appears to be speaking. One boy (right) is standing in front of Semien, looking at him. Other students can be seen on stage in the background of the photograph.

Photograph of a group of students on stage during rehearsal for "Motown Motown: The Musical," produced by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters as part of their 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Individuals can be seen standing on and off of a 4-level stage riser, facing to the right of the camera. Several students are holding stacks of paper in their hands.

Photograph of Stephen Semien (front, 2nd left) on stage with a group of students during rehearsal for "Motown Motown: The Musical," produced by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters as part of their 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Semien can be seen in the left portion of the photograph, facing to the left of the camera and pointing with his right hand. Students are standing around him in the background and foreground of the photograph.

Photograph of Stephen Semien (right) with a girl (left) during rehearsal for "Motown Motown: The Musical," produced by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters as part of their 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Semien is facing to the left of the camera, resting his left hand on his hip. The girl is looking at Semien and smiling.

Photograph of Stephen Semien standing among theatre seats at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Semien can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the left of the camera. He is resting his left hand on his hip and pointing outward with his right hand. Students can be seen sitting down in the background.

Photograph of Taylen Walls on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Walls can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing the camera. He is crossing his arms over his chest and doing a peace sign with both hands.

Photograph of Joseph Jenkins (2nd from right) speaking to a group of students on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Jenkins can be seen sitting in a chair, facing a group of four students across from him. He is holding a notepad in his lap. Tyler Anderson (back, 3rd from right) is standing next to Jenkins, pointing upward with his left hand. Taylen Walls and another student can be seen standing in front of a mirror in the background of the photograph.

Photograph of Taylen Walls on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Walls can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing the camera and looking off to the right. He is doing a peace sign with his left hand.

Photograph of a student, taken on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The boy can be seen in the center of the photograph, looking at the camera and smiling. Another student is doing a peace sign behind his head.

Photograph of Curtis King speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. King can be seen standing in the center of the photograph, facing to the left of the camera. He is holding a microphone in his left hand and gesturing with his right hand. Two microphone stands and a sheet music stand can be seen in the foreground of the photograph.

Photograph of a group of speakers at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. Individuals can be seen sitting in a row, facing to the left of the camera. They are all holding folders in their laps. Stephen Semien (right) can be identified among the group.

Photograph of a man speaking at orientation on the first day of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters' 2013 Summer Youth Arts Institute. The man can be seen in the center of the photograph, facing to the left of the camera. He is holding a microphone in his left hand.