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["Love and Nappiness Revue" live performance]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Love and Nappiness Revue" over the weekend of June 15-16th, 2001 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The footage shows various short performances all centered on the topic of promoting a positive image of the African American cultural heritage. All the skits focus on the rituals of beauty and the stories that are told as a result of the process of keeping one's hair.
Date: June 16, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: A Nappy Hair Affair
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[3rd annual Sankofa Café Bash "Spoken Word "Til Midnight"]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the conclusion of the 3rd annual Sankofa Café Bash "Spoken Word "Til Midnight" literary voices series performance. The spoken word event featured Ordained in Lyrics, Surreal Thought Universe and musical group Common Folk Band.
Date: June 20, 2003
Duration: 7 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Artist's One Project; King, Curtis & Spencer, Camika
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Conversation about grass cutting

Description: This is a conversation between Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male) and Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male) about the cutting of grass. The speaker talks about a man who was trying to show his efficiency while cutting the grass and the speaker taught him a lesson.
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Historical narrative about a war

Description: Recording of a historical narrative. The speaker/narrator Abdul Malik (an 85-year old male farmer) talks to Abdul Rehman (an 80-year old male farmer) about a war that the nawab (ruler) of the former state of Amb, Nawab Farid Khan, waged on the neighboring state of Seeri because, apparently, its ruler had ousted one of his court nobles who happened to be a relative of the former. The narrator recounts the memories of his father who was an eye witness to the havoc that the forces of Nawab Farid u… more
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 7 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Personal narrative of Abdul Rehman

Description: In this personal narrative, Abdul Rehman recollects his encounter with a lady while he was on a journey to another village with a friend. This lady greatly surprised both friends as she unexpectedly turns out to be a Mankiyali speaker living in a place outside the geographical domain of the Mankiyali linguistic community.
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 3 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information

Retelling of the story of half headache

Description: This is a religious legend about the spread of a certain disease (referred to as "half headache" because the pain affects one side of the head) in a certain village. In this legend, Prophet Moses put the "half headache" in pots and said that he would burn it. A villager asks him not to burn her and says that she will not return if he repeated the story seven times. The legend is narrated by Abdul Rehman (a 80 year old male) and the other speaker is Imtiaz Ahmad (a 31-year old male).
Date: June 18, 2020
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: Aurangzeb
Partner: UNT College of Information
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[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner"]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The video footage comes from James Baldwin's stage production "The Amen Corner," starring Esther Rolle as Margaret Alexander, pastor of the church.
Date: June 12, 1986
Duration: 20 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Baldwin, James
Location: 32.810920 -96.800619
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 4]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The video footage comes from James Baldwin's stage production "The Amen Corner," starring Esther Rolle as Margaret Alexander, pastor of the church.
Date: June 12, 1986
Duration: 23 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Baldwin, James
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 2]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The U-Matic footage shows a segment of James Baldwin's stage production "The Amen Corner," produced by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986. The play stars Esther Rolle as Margaret Alexander, pastor of the church.
Date: June 12, 1986
Duration: 20 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Baldwin, James & King, Curtis
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 3]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The video footage comes from James Baldwin's stage production "The Amen Corner," starring Esther Rolle as Margaret Alexander, pastor of the church.
Date: June 12, 1986
Duration: 29 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: Baldwin, James & King, Curtis
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 3]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The U-Matic footage shows a segment of James Baldwin's stage production "The Amen Corner," produced by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters in June of 1986. The play stars Esther Rolle as Margaret Alexander, pastor of the church.
Date: June 12, 1986
Duration: 22 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Baldwin, James; King, Curtis & Rolle, Esther
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 4]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The U-Matic footage shows a segment of James Baldwin's stage production "The Amen Corner," produced by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986. The play stars Esther Rolle as Margaret Alexander, pastor of the church.
Date: June 12, 1986
Duration: 20 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: Baldwin, James; King, Curtis & Rolle, Esther
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 5]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The U-Matic footage shows a segment of James Baldwin's stage production "The Amen Corner," produced by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986. The play stars Esther Rolle as Margaret Alexander, pastor of the church.
Date: June 12, 1986
Duration: 22 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Baldwin, James; King, Curtis & Rolle, Esther
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Performance of Jali Putuli festival songs, dances, and rituals

Description: Villagers of Jajikona Village introduce themselves and describe the festival, Jali Putuli Haba, or 'wedding of fake idols'. This is a traditional festival of the Bodo community, but not so common nowadays. It is still found in the Kamrup District of Assam, for example in Jajikona (Jarkona) village. The villagers believe that this festival is still rewarding. Here, two idols, bride and groom, made of straw are decorated with new clothes, colors, and garlands. Certain rituals are performed by the… more
Date: June 12, 2021
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a traditional song

Description: Group performance of a traditional song accompanied by traditional instruments.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a traditional song

Description: Group performance of a traditional song accompanied by traditional instruments.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 11 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of a traditional song

Description: Group performance of a traditional song accompanied by traditional instruments.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 9 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of childrens' rhymes and jokes

Description: Rajkumar Rabha recites childrens' rhymes and jokes about a bird called Sukia and why Rabha people don't have beards.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Performance of childrens' songs and rhymes

Description: Sandesh Bakshaka performs childrens' songs and rhymes 'Jeng Jeng Mai' about insects, 'Sa Ning Tham' used to teach counting, and 'Rel Gari' which imitates train sounds.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 3 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative 'Bakso Barairi kahini'

Description: Charumohan Rabha tells the traditional narrative 'Bakso Barairi kahini' about how Rabha clans were formed, including the Bakso, Torang, and Lem clans. In this story, villagers offered a girl to the snake king who lived in the hills every year. The main characters are two brothers who save a beautiful girl from being fed to the snake king by cheating him with a banana tree. Finally they succeeded, and the snake king was killed by the villagers. From then on, the villagers lived peacefully withou… more
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 11 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information

Traditional narrative 'Tukhur Sabra'

Description: Durjudhan Rabha Turo tells the traditional narrative 'Tukhur Sabra' about a dove.
Date: June 3, 2023
Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds
Creator: Basumatary, Prafulla & Rabha, Subhash
Partner: UNT College of Information
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[Video taken at the U.S. Supreme Court as the decision is announced on Marriage Equality Day]

Description: A video taken from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on the day they announced the decision on Marriage Equality and the Obergefell v. Hodges case. A jubilant crowd celebrates the announcement while a young couple in the foreground is interviewed by a member of the press.
Date: June 26, 2015
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Location: 38.890699 -77.005491
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[Video taken at the U.S. Supreme Court on Marriage Equality Day]

Description: This short video clip was taken the day that the Supreme Court handed down it's decision on Obergefell v. Hodges. The crowd chants, "USA, USA, USA." Two signs are seen, one says, "Dignity Declared," and the other says, "The Arc of History Bends Towards Justice."
Date: June 26, 2015
Duration: 06 seconds
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Location: 38.890699 -77.005491
Partner: UNT Libraries
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