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["14th Conference of the National Council of Negro Women"]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a radio broadcast covering the 14th Conference of Negro Women" with guests President Truman, an individual from the United Nations and one other. The tape was recorded in Washington D.C at the departmental auditorium. The journalist describes the scene and lists attending organizations. The rest of the tape covers live audio of speakers.
Date: November 15, 1949
Duration: 37 minutes 03 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Audio cassette of intelligible noise without music]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during an unknown event. The tape recorded a constant level of unintelligible noise and static with no music or voices.
Date: unknown
Duration: 27 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Author's Luncheon with Dr. C. Eric Lincoln]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The audio was recorded during an Author's Luncheon with speaker Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, author of several books, including sociological works such as The Black Church Since Frazier (1974) and Race, Religion and the Continuing American Dilemma (1984).
Date: 198X
Duration: 56 minutes 56 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Automobile crime personal testimony report]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during during a crime report. The audio on the tape is clear and one can hear a man speaking about a robbery of his vehicle that involved his glove compartment, stereo, and a 12 gauge shot gun.
Date: unknown
Duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Beah Richards dialogue at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a session with Beah Richards at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The tape includes one track of well recorded audio of Richards engaging with an audience on the topic of education. The 2nd half of the track includes audio of a man singing.
Date: unknown
Duration: 6 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Richards, Beah
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement" featuring Erykah Badu, tape 1 of 2]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the a "Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement" concert featuring Erica Badu. The tape includes a single track of music lead by Badu where she can be heard clearly along with gospel music and singing.
Date: 199X
Duration: 23 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement" featuring Erykah Badu, tape 2 of 2]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the a "Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement" concert featuring Erica Badu. The tape includes a single track of music lead by Badu where she can be heard clearly along with gospel music and singing.
Date: 199X
Duration: 23 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Blackbird Revisited by C.B Jackson]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their a concert that featured an orchestra/band that was accompanied by a male singer. The tape includes one track of well recorded audio that allows the voice and instruments to be well balanced.
Date: unknown
Duration: 36 minutes 50 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Church hymns and sermon]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a church service including a choir singing hymns and a sermon. The tape includes two tracks of generally distorted audio. The first track records music and the second a women speaking.
Date: unknown
Duration: 42 minutes 23 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Composer Jester Hairston apology to Curtis King and the Academy]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a recorded apology statement from composer Jester Harston due to an illness preventing his attendance from a music conference. Jester Joseph Hairston was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor and actor. He was regarded as a leading expert on black spirituals and choral music. The tape includes two track of clearly recorded audio.
Date: [1970..2000]
Duration: 40 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Harston, Jester
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Concert with a gospel choir]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their a concert featuring a large gospel choir. The tape includes two tracks of very similar audio that lacks presence and is generally intelligible.
Date: unknown
Duration: 49 minutes 11 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Covers of classic songs such as "Over the Rainbow" and "What a Wonderful World"]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during an event with male singers singing classic hit songs such as "Over the Rainbow" and "What A Wonderful World". The tape includes two track of well recorded audio of various male singers accompanied by musicians. The tape is labeled "From Daddy with Love".
Date: unknown
Duration: 40 minutes 48 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Dialogue at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre]

Description: Audio tape from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a speaker event at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre with both male and female speakers. The tape in a singular short track of generally well recorded audio with intermittent false starts.
Date: unknown
Duration: 6 minutes 42 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Dr. Roger Buffalohead from the University of Minnesota dialogue]

Description: Audio tape from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a dialogue with Ponca tribe member and director of the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Minnesota Dr. Roger Buffalohead. The tape includes on track of audio that is well recorded. Bufflohead speaks in narrative anecdotes for half the tape paired with a guitarist performing intermitly.
Date: unknown
Duration: 20 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Buffalohead, Doctor Roger
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Drama Literature, Side 5 and Side 6"]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a theatre performance at an unknown date. The performance opens with clapping and the actresses introducing their characters. The tape includes two sides of audio that are both poorly recorded with the voices being heard but words being difficult to be understood.
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 33 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Feet Don't Fail Me Now" jazz demo]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a demo recording of "Feet Don't Fail Me Now". The tape includes two tracks of well recorded audio of a jazz band performing various numbers with no vocalist.
Date: unknown
Duration: 59 minutes 09 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Female gospel singer performing with a choir audio tape]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a concert featuring a female gospel singer accompanied by a keyboard and a large choir. The tape includes one track of audio that is well recorded. The tape concludes with clapping and applauses.
Date: unknown
Duration: 12 minutes 22 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["God is Good All the Time" mastered song track]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded at Top Line Entertainment by Stan Sanders of "God is Good All the Time". The track is performed and written Rodney McCarty and O.T. Williams. The tape includes two tracks of audio that are duplicates of each other.
Date: [1970..2010]
Duration: 8 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Sanders, Stan; Top of Line Entertainment; McCarty, Rodney & Williams, O.T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Gospel choir concert audio tape]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a gospel and spiritual concert with a large choir. The tape includes one track of well recorded audio.
Date: unknown
Duration: 30 minutes 18 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Gospel singers concert audio tape]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a gospel and spiritual concert. The tape includes one track of audio.
Date: unknown
Duration: 7 minutes 44 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Gospel singers concert audio tape, two tracks]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a gospel and spiritual concert. The tape includes two tracks of audio that are generally well recorded.
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 08 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Imagination" performance by a female vocalist and a saxophonist]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the a performance of "Imagination" by a female singer accompanied by a saxophonist. The tape includes one track of well recorded sound that breaks at the 5:34 time mark.
Date: unknown
Duration: 7 minutes 41 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Jazz band concert tape with song names]

Description: Audio tape from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a live jazz band concert held at an unknown date. The tape includes one track of well recorded audio. The tape is labeled with "War Song/ Shingo/ Stone Soul/Viviatararo/Head and Tails/Traces/Hang em High/Stagolee/Soul Limbo/Jukebox Love Song."
Date: unknown
Duration: 16 minutes 52 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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