[Photograph of some student performers seated onstage]

One of 299 photographs in the series: Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert available on this site.

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Photograph of some performers seated onstage with their instruments and dressed in their formal attire. The photograph was taken at the "Hallelujah Hip Hop," a Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. The performers are not actively playing their respective instruments.

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1 photograph : col. ; 4 x 6 in.

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Creator: Unknown. December 8, 1995.

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  • The Black Academy of Arts and Letters

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Photograph of some performers seated onstage with their instruments and dressed in their formal attire. The photograph was taken at the "Hallelujah Hip Hop," a Christmas/Kwanzaa Concert held by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. The performers are not actively playing their respective instruments.

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1 photograph : col. ; 4 x 6 in.

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The Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters present Hallelujah Hip Hop, A Christmas & Kwanza Holiday Concert. The concert featured seven Dallas Independent School District Choirs from the following high schools: A. Maceo Smith, South Oak Cliff, L. G. Pinkston, H. Grady Spruce, Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt and David W. Carter. The special guests of the evening were the Cameron Youth Chamber Orchestra from St. Louis, Missouri. The choirs performed a variety of Sweet Soul Music, Spirituals and Gospels, Jazz, Classical, Swing, Rap, Rhythm and Blues. The concert was held Friday, December 8th 1995 at 8:00 PM in the Naomi Bruton Theatre at the Dallas Convention Centre Theatre.

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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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The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records

Event photographs from the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Incorporated (TBAAL), a Dallas-based nonprofit. Some items in this collection are restricted to use by the UNT community.

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  • December 8, 1995

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[Photograph of some student performers seated onstage], photograph, December 8, 1995; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1439554/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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