Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Country & Western at The Muse featuring Imaj Thomas; "Blush Concert" event in 2012. This video showcases various performances by singer/songwriter and novelist Imaj Thomas live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Country & Western at The Muse featuring Imaj Thomas; "Blush Concert" event in 2012. This video showcases various performances by singer/songwriter novelist Imaj live on stage at Clarence Muse Café Theatre.

UNT Symphonic Band concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the roundtable writer's breakfast: " A Soldier's Perspective" covering the book "Arrested Potential: Through the Eyes of a Soldier" written by army combat veteran G. M. Jones. The breakfast was held on October 17, 2012 and covers the topics of black men in the the military and the authors experiences in combat.

A Cappella Choir concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters showed during their Ties and Tux Gala Honoring Curtis King event in 2013. This video is a personalized message from actress and comedian Roseanne Barr to Curtis King played at the gala.

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Ties and Tux Gala Honoring Curtis King event in 2013. The video shows various members of TBAAL and guests celebrating the work of founder and president, Curtis King including speeches and performances. The event was held at the Downtown Dallas Omni Hotel.

Mariachi concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Chamber ensemble concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

Mariachi concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Early music concert performed at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall.

A guest lecture given in the Sandborn Music Reading Room at the UNT Music Library.

Unedited video of the first segment of the 2016 Festival of Black Dance at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, including performances by the Atlanta Dance Connection.

Unedited video of the first segment of the 2016 Festival of Black Dance at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, including performances by the Atlanta Dance Connection.

Unedited video of the second segment of the 2016 Festival of Black Dance at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, including performances by the Stella Maris Dance Ensemble.

Unedited video of the second segment of the 2016 Festival of Black Dance at The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, including performances by the Stella Maris Dance Ensemble.

Orchestra and choir concert performed at the UNT College of Music Winspear Hall.

Mr. Figueroa recounted his role as a Robstown school board member during 1969 walkouts.

Ms. Benham was born and raised in Lufkin, Texas. She went to segregated schools in Lufkin before participating in integration during the 1969-1970 school year. She graduated high school and went to college at the University of North Texas. She then became a flight attendant and worked in retail. She returned to Lufkin and worked with her mother, Bettie Kennedy, in the community. In the interview, Ms. Benham describes segregation in Lufkin, experiences with discrimination, problems during integration, discrimination she experienced at UNT, her work as a flight attendant, her time spent in retail, and the work of both her and her mother in the community.

Discussed her mother's work as a domestic, the family's encounters with racism, her entrepreneurship, and her work on civil rights and black women's empowerment.

Clyde “Chico” James grew up in segregated 1940s and 1970s Lubbock. He later graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. He spent time in Mexico City and has lived between Lubbock and Mexico City for several decades. In Lubbock, James has been active in city politics and neighborhood associations. Specifically, James helped start an effort to save a Lubbock magnet school attended by Mexican Americans from destruction by a anti-Mexican school board.

David T. Lopez was born in Laredo, TX. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he became involved as a reporter and editor for the Daily Texan and the Texas Ranger. His involvement in news reporting lead him to work for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, where he reported on Black and Brown efforts in school desegregation. Attracted by Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers movement, Lopez would participate in the strikes in the Rio Grande Valley and would report on the repressive tactics of the Texas Rangers as a plaintiff in the Medrano v. Allee lawsuit. He eventually got his law degree at South Texas College of Law in Houston and worked as a field representative for the AFL-CIO. Lopez discusses how he served on the HISD school board, the politics of the Huelga School Strike, how he was one of the first lecturers for the University of Houston Center for Mexican American Studies, and police brutality.

Gene Hartman talks about his life growing up in San Antonio; his father on the city council; a little bit about his time at UT-Austin; and his work as a developer.

Herby Garza discussed career as a letter carrier in Corpus Christi and president of the Letter Carriers Union local.