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[News Script: Marshall incident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about peaceful black demonstrators being arrested in Marshall, Texas while staging a sit-in.
Date: April 1, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: 14-1 profile]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 7, 1990, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Black Music and the Civil Rights Concert featuring Eartha Kitt, 2]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The concert was developed by Curtis King and featured artist Eartha Kitt and conductor Rodena Preston. The tape includes one tracks of well recorded audio of gospel singers and speakers.
Date: January 1989
Duration: 36 minutes 02 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Black Colleges]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 17, 1985, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: School dispute]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a local school board election under fire for continuing segregation in a predominately black area of Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: December 3, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wedding guests in black]

Description: Photograph of dancers from Stella Maris Dance Ensemble performing a wedding scene. Two women wearing black dresses are standing at the front of the stage and looking at the other dancers behind them. Their performance is a part of the 9th Annual Weekend Festival of Black Dance Rhythm and Soul of a People sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas, held at the Naomi Burton Theater on February 22-23, 2013. The performers are from Kingston, Jamaica.
Date: [2013-02-22..2013-02-23]
Creator: Brown, Jirard
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["African American English: A Linguistic Introduction" book talk]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a literary voices series event with Dr. Lisa J Green on her book "African American English: A Linguistic Introduction". The book talk was held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre on April 26th, 2003. The footage shows Green speaking to the crowd on generational patterns, slang, lexicons, and the linguistics that exist in the African American community.
Date: April 26, 2003
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Black, White, and Read All Over" book review, tape 2 of 2]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Black, White, and Read All Over book review held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre on March 20th, 2003. The footage shows two black women of different ages seated at a small table leading a dialogue with audience members seated in chairs set out in rows.
Date: March 20, 2003
Duration: 46 minutes 18 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Jazz at the Muse featuring pianist Oscar Williams]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during Jazz at the Muse featuring jazz pianist Oscar Williams held over the weekend of October 7-8th, 2012 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows Williams performing with a small seated jazz choir and ensemble. The concert ends at the 1:45:49 time mark.
Date: October 26, 2012
Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Evans, Tracy & Williams, Oscar
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[73rd NADSA conference, tape 3 of 3]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 73rd annual National Association of Dramatic and Speech Arts (NASDA) conference held in Dallas through the Black Academy on March 11th-15th, 2009. The conference hosts students from more than 30 African American college and university theatre programs to perform, compete and meet industry professionals. The Mini DVD footage shows a group of actors/ students putting on a dramatic play.
Date: March 11, 2009
Duration: 20 minutes 16 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Negro boy drowns in Dallas pond]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a thirteen-year-old boy drowning in a small lake east of Fair Park in Dallas.
Date: April 28, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[26th annual "Black Music and the Civil Rights Concert" televised broadcast]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of KTXA televised broadcast for the 26th annual "Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert" held on January 18th, 2009. The footage shows interviews with featured artists, clips of relevant political events, and seamless clips from various moving camera angles showing featured performers vocalists, speakers, dancers, and musicians.
Date: January 18, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 35 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Talmadge defends school segregation]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about former governor of Georgia and outspoken white supremacist Herman Talmadge visiting Dallas and speaking out in favor of segregation.
Date: March 30, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Men Cry in the Dark" theatrical production]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the National Touring Company's theatrical production of "Men Cry in the Dark" hosted at the Naomi Bruton Theatre in February of 2002. The VHS footage shows the full drama play covering the issue of men's emotional burdens in the black community.
Date: February 2002
Duration: 2 hours 17 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: National Touring Company
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[8th annual "Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert", tape 1 of 6]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the eighth annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert in 1991 at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas Texas. The concert featured Cissy Houston and a 200 voice choir. The tape includes the opening of the concert with a large gospel choir singing and swaying to the music followed by two male speakers who speak for the remainder of the tape.
Date: January 13, 1991
Duration: 17 minutes 20 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bunche NAACP]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Nobel Prize winner Dr. Ralph J. Bunche visiting Dallas as the keynote speaker for the NAACP's 45th annual convention.
Date: July 4, 1954
Duration: 4 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[20th annual "Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement" concert television broadcast]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded a television broadcast of the 20th annual "Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement" concert "In the Spirit of Hope: There Will Be a Better Day" held at the Myerson symphony on January 19th, 2003. The footage shows masters of ceremonies Michael Hill and Iola Johnson opening the concert featuring Kim Fields and a large gospel choir.
Date: February 28, 2003
Duration: 58 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Feilds, Kim
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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