[2nd annual "Medal of Merit" awards banquet]

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Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Second Annual Medal of Merit Awards Banquet held on May 31, 1980 at the Downtown Dallas Sheraton Hotel. The tape includes two tracks of intelligible audio of individuals speaking broken up by periods of applause.

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1 sound recording (1 hr., 3 min., 51 sec.) ; cassette.

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Creator: Unknown. May 31, 1980.

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Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Second Annual Medal of Merit Awards Banquet held on May 31, 1980 at the Downtown Dallas Sheraton Hotel. The tape includes two tracks of intelligible audio of individuals speaking broken up by periods of applause.

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1 sound recording (1 hr., 3 min., 51 sec.) ; cassette.

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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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[Program: Second Annual Medal of Merit Awards Banquet] (Pamphlet)

[Program: Second Annual Medal of Merit Awards Banquet]

Program for Second Annual Medal of Merit Awards Banquet held on May 31, 1980 at the Downtown Dallas Sheraton Hotel. The program mentions the honorees as Anita Knox, General Hamberick, Daryl Sneed, Lacy Chimney, Jr., John Waymmann, Shirley McFatter, Nelda Washington, Vicki Washington, and Allyan Coleman. This program also lists the order of events and contains an opening statement and poem.

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  • May 31, 1980

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[2nd annual "Medal of Merit" awards banquet], audio recording, May 31, 1980; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1939229/: accessed April 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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