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[TBAAL "Gospel Gurls" concert audio tape]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Gospel Gurls" live performance over the weekend of April 8-9th, 2000 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The tape includes six female vocalists performing jazz, gospel and spiritual medleys.
Date: April 2000
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 02 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Bethune" sound tape of a pianist]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a pre show and intermission of a performance 'Bethune,' by Steve Carter. The play featured actress Esther Rolle and was hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on July 12-14, 1991. The tape includes audio of a pianist performing solo.
Date: July 1991
Duration: 18 minutes 32 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Flutist Bobbi Humphrey performance video #4]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the celebratory weekend held in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. of jazz singer and flutist Bobbi Humphrey on Friday, January 12th, 1990. The footage shows Humphrey, accompanied by guitars and drums, mid-performance in a matching blue leather jacket and skirt set singing and playing the flute to various tempos and styles of jazz music.
Date: January 12, 1990
Duration: 16 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis & Humphrey, Bobbi
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["The Baduizum Concert" featuring Eryah Badu]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the evening with Eryah Badu concert closing the 72nd NASDA conference on March 15th, 2007. The footage show Badu performing neo-soul style with songs from her new album on the Naomi Bruton main stage. The end of the tape captures the post concert reception.
Date: March 15, 2008
Duration: 29 minutes 52 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Voices of Poetry #2" tape 2 of 2]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "Voices of Poetry #2" held on October 9th, 2009 at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre. The event has a lineup of 12 African American poets with this tape beginning with Deep Coco and ending with Black Page. At the end of the tape, all poets come back on stage as a group.
Date: October 9, 2009
Duration: 51 minutes 55 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Writers Showcase" featuring Montavah]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the writers showcase held at the Dallas Convention Center in 1995. The footage features two African American authors dialoguing on their books. The featured author is Montavah who appears in a pink shirt.
Date: 1995
Duration: 52 minutes 57 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: "Sisters" tape 3 of 3]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the roundtable writers breakfast entitled "Sisters: An Open Dialogue Between Light and Dark Skin African Americans" held on May 22nd, 2010. The footage shows the collective group talking about solutions to the challenges women have faced due to colorism and the lack of traditional rights of passage for racial identity. The dialogue focuses on a multigenerational overview of the issues of colorism in race, gender, and med… more
Date: May 22, 2010
Duration: 40 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis & Singley, Bernestine
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["It's Show Time With Kiki Shepard" live event]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "It's Show Time" starring actress and comedian Kiki Shepard. The one-woman show was held on April 14th, 2000 at the Clarence Muse café Theatre. The footage shows Shepard entertaining with the audience with anecdotes, drama, music, and comedy
Date: April 14, 2000
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Shepard, Kiki
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Soul to Soul: Martha Burks sings Sarah Vaughan]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their concert event Soul to Soul: Martha Burks sings Sarah Vaughn at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre in June of 1994. The footage shows Burks singing accompanied by a small jazz band in tribute to hits by American jazz singer Sara Vaughan (1924-1990).
Date: 1994-06-18/1994-06-19
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: Burks, Martha
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["In Concert...The Gospel Gurls", tape 2]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Gospel Gurls" live concert event held at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre on April 8th and 9th, 2000. The footage shows Curtis King giving introductions followed by the concert in full.
Date: April 8, 2001
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis; Hatchett, Carolene; Jones, Dottie; Bell, Angela; Burroughs, Lisa; Arterberry, Benita et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[JBAAL meeting #2, tape 3]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a meeting held on June 4th, 1983. The footage shows Curtis King speaking to a room filled with small tables seated with women about JBAAL.
Date: June 4, 1983
Duration: 11 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[JBAAL artist talk with Samella Lewis, 2]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during an artists talk with painter, sculptor and printmaker Samella Lewis on June 3rd, 1995. The footage shows Lewis presenting at a podium while showing a slideshow of various pieces of her work. The slideshow focuses on painting, drawings and prints.
Date: June 3, 1995
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Lewis, Samella
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala at the 42nd national convention on VHS]

Description: Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters shown during the Delta Sigma Theta Awards Gala. The VHS footage shows an animated slideshow with photo slides of famous members of the sorority along with their names and city. A narrator speaks over the slideshow giving a brief description of the women's accomplishments. The women commonly serve their community in positions of education, politics, civil rights, and public service.
Date: October 6, 1994
Duration: 28 minutes 41 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Women Making A Difference" sorority conference '94]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta sorority "Women Making a Difference" conference held at the Academy in November of 1994. The VHS footage features women speakers followed by an exhibition of black and white portrait photographs of notable black women. The photos are paired with written descriptions the camera pauses on between each photo.
Date: November 1994
Duration: 36 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: EVS Video Productions
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Gospel Gurls" TBAAL promo video]

Description: Video promotion tape recorded during a concert given by the "Gospel Gurls" at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre during TBAAL's 25th anniversary season on October 26th and 27th, 2001. The video splices together short clips of various songs and features each performer individually with a short display of their name during a solo.
Date: 2001
Duration: 9 minutes 58 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Esther Rolle "Ain't I A Woman " interview]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during an interview with actress Esther Rolle in relation to the one-woman show "Ain't I A Woman" held in March of 1982 with JBAAL. The U-Matic footage features an interview with Rolle where she is seated and discusses topics such as theatre and politics and gender.
Date: March 1982
Duration: 19 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Rolle, Esther
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Wild Women Blues" Paris performance sample reel]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a sample reel for a commercial to be made about an upcoming performance of "Wild Women Blues" in June of 2002. The BetaCam footage shows high quality clips of the women giving a crowd pleasing performance such as Linda Hopkins performing in Paris in March of 2001.
Date: March 25, 2001
Duration: 6 minutes 04 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Wild Women Blues" Paris performance sample reel, 2]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of a sample reel for a commercial to be mads about an upcoming performance of "Wild Women Blues" in June of 2002. The BetaCam footage shows high quality clips of the women giving a crowd pleasing performance such as Linda Hopkins performing in Paris in March of 2001.
Date: March 25, 2001
Duration: 6 minutes 04 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Wild Women Blues", live at the Mogador]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a performance of "Wild Women Blues" in Paris in 2001/2002. The footage shows the blues and jazz singers giving a lively performance accompanied by a jazz ensemble. The tape is edited to be from multiple camera angles.
Date: 2001/2002
Duration: 13 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: AIS Produtcion
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["My Way" starring Eartha Kitt recorded in Fort Worth, tape 2]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a performance of "My Way" starring Eartha Kitt in downtown Fort Worth at the Caravan of Dreams on March 14th, 1987. The DVD footage shows the concert event starring a large gospel choir and soloists dressed in traditional choir robes.
Date: March 14, 1987
Duration: 16 minutes 31 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Symphony with the Divas, Tape 4 of 6]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their Symphony with the Divas event in 2001. This video features a musical celebration to commemorate the 25th anniversary of TBAAL live at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with mistress of ceremonies Cicely Tyson. This video is tape 4 of 6 of the event.
Date: 2001
Duration: 30 minutes 10 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Three women mingling at BSE 2012]

Description: Photograph of three women mingling at the 2nd Annual BSE event in 2012, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows three African American women standing by each other and mingling. They stand in a grey carpeted room with a circle of chairs arranged behind them. Black Student Experience (BSE), was created to foster pride and promote academic success among the Black student population at UNT. Created in 2011, BSE is a weekend retreat that introduces incoming freshman and transfer students t… more
Date: November 28, 2012
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two women at BSE 2012]

Description: Photograph of two women at the 2nd Annual BSE event in 2012, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows two African American women leaning against a wall in a white room with a red carpet. They both wear the same grey t shirts and hold a white paper in their hands. Black Student Experience (BSE), was created to foster pride and promote academic success among the Black student population at UNT. Created in 2011, BSE is a weekend retreat that introduces incoming freshman and transfer studen… more
Date: September 14, 2012
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Cara Walker and friend at BSE 2012]

Description: Photograph of Cara Walker and a friend at the 2nd Annual BSE event in 2012, held by UNT Special Collections. The image shows two African American women standing next to each other and smiling for the camera. The woman on the left wears a light blue shirt for the Multicultural Center at UNT and has green UNT name tag with her name "Cara Walker" on it. The woman on the right wears a green shirt and has on a white name tag, but her name is not visible. Black Student Experience (BSE), was created … more
Date: November 28, 2012
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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