[Akin Babatunde as Louis Armstrong broadcast clip]

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Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a Channel 8 broadcast clip showing a news story on the upcoming performance of Akin Babatunde at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre in November of 1997. The footage shows clips of the actor impersonating music icon Louis Armstrong with the song "What a Wonderful World" along with an interview on his process of successfully becoming the character.

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1 cassette (VHS) (2 min., 1 sec.) : sd., col.

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Channel 8 November 13, 1997.

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Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a Channel 8 broadcast clip showing a news story on the upcoming performance of Akin Babatunde at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre in November of 1997. The footage shows clips of the actor impersonating music icon Louis Armstrong with the song "What a Wonderful World" along with an interview on his process of successfully becoming the character.

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1 cassette (VHS) (2 min., 1 sec.) : sd., col.

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  • Preferred Citation: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records (AR0797), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • November 13, 1997

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Channel 8. [Akin Babatunde as Louis Armstrong broadcast clip], video, November 13, 1997; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1939800/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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