[Black Women's Conference, Catlett interview on DVD, parts 1 and 2]

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Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during JBAALs Black Women's Conference held in May of 1981. The DVD footage shows an interview with printmaker Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012).

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1 DVD (54 min., 18 sec.) : sd. col.

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Catlett, Elizabeth & King, Curtis May 1981.

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Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during JBAALs Black Women's Conference held in May of 1981. The DVD footage shows an interview with printmaker Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012).

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1 DVD (54 min., 18 sec.) : sd. col.

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Elizabeth Catlett (1915–2012) achieved international fame for her powerful explorations of race, class, and her own African American female identity through printmaking and sculpture. Catlett's work speaks to her training in printmakings power to politically challenge society and its corruption. Catlett graduated from Howard University and then with her MFA from the University of Iowa in the 1940s. She then went on to accept a fellowship in Mexico where she continued her printmaking career.

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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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Catlett, Elizabeth & King, Curtis. [Black Women's Conference, Catlett interview on DVD, parts 1 and 2], video, May 1981; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1998493/: accessed December 9, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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