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Interview with Joe Lee Johnson, February 24, 1977

Description: Transcript of an interview with Joe Lee Johnson, a 94 year old descendant of enslaved African Americans from the area of Round Rock, Texas. The interview covers Johnson's family history in the area and the names of other families descended from slaves, and centers around who is buried in the Round Rock slave cemetery.
Date: February 24, 1977
Creator: Ham, Murray; Richardson, Reggie & Johnson, Joe Lee
Partner: Round Rock Public Library

Still Looking For The Mean!

Description: Text for a speech by Barbara C. Jordan at the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The speech addresses the ongoing struggle for equality in America.
Date: April 24, 1993
Creator: Jordan, Barbara C.
Partner: Texas Southern University
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[JBAAL '82 gala production matinee showing, tape 1 of 2]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their 1982 annual gala production held in the afternoon of July 24th. The U-matic footage shows the dance, theatre and musical production featuring African American performers. This tape is one of two showing the matinee performance.
Date: July 24, 1982
Duration: 1 hour 55 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Old man]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Thomas Jefferson Dorsett's one hundredth birthday part.
Date: June 24, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[From Garvey to Parks: The Spirit of Marcus Garvey]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their From Garvey to Parks: The Spirit of Marcus Garvey event in 2006. This video features theatrical performances by actors Ron Bobb-Semple and Ella Joyce celebrating the legacies of Marcus Garvey and Rosa Parks, respectively, live on the Naomi Bruton Main Stage.
Date: February 24, 2007
Duration: 59 minutes 14 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: "African Americans and Turkish" tape 1 of 2]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a roundtable writers' breakfast held on October 24th, 2009 as part of the series "Building Toward A More Perfect Union". The footage focuses on the relationship between African Americans and Turkish and features UTD doctoral scholar Dogan Koc. The dialogue focuses on colonialism, slavery, and immigration within the middle east and how that compares to the African American experience.
Date: October 24, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 03 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis & Koc, Dogan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Movie]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about members of the Lost Battalion and their families attending an exclusive preview screening of the film Bridge on the River Kwai.
Date: March 24, 1958
Duration: 2 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Funeral Program for Ernest J. Joshua, May 24, 1989]

Description: Funeral program for Mr. Ernest J. Joshua, died May 19, 1989. The funeral was held May 24, 1989 at Greater Corinth Baptist Church, officiated by Reverend D. J. Winters, Pastor. Funeral arrangements were made through Peter Loring Mortuary and he was buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery near San Antonio, Texas.
Date: May 24, 1989
Partner: San Antonio Public Library

[Letter from Otis F. Richardson to Sterling Houston - February 24, 2003]

Description: Letter from Otis F. Richardson to Sterling Houston, prominent San Antonio playwright. He writes as an old friend, and sends photocopied pages of a magazine article in THING, in which Houston was profiled. A fourth page shows some of Richardson's work as an illustrator. He discloses to Houston that he would like to start a line of gay and lesbian greeting cards. He has included three of these mock-ups in the letter as well.
Date: February 24, 2003
Creator: Richardson, Otis F.
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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