Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The audio is of a prank call made from the Ricky Smiley radio show to an exterminator concerning flying roaches. In the middle of the call, the caller can be heard screaming as the supposed roaches swarm him. At the end of the recording, the recipient disconnects the call.
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Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The audio is of a prank call made from the Ricky Smiley radio show to an exterminator concerning flying roaches. In the middle of the call, the caller can be heard screaming as the supposed roaches swarm him. At the end of the recording, the recipient disconnects the call.
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The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records (AR0797), University of North Texas Special Collections
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Event photographs from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Incorporated (TBAAL), a Dallas-based nonprofit. Some items in this collection are restricted to use by the UNT community.