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[Promo video for "ASHE" Caribbean performing arts ensemble]

Description: Video footage promoting ASHE: the Caribbean performing arts ensemble of Jamaica. The video shows cultural dancing, tribal wear, and music under a narration providing descriptive details of each section and group. The tape was provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in regards to the Dance with the Carribeans event hosted by the Dallas and Fort Worth West Indian Community.
Date: February 24, 2001
Duration: 8 minutes 52 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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[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: "African Americans and Turkish" tape 2 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 how Turkey's identity stems from its place between Europe and Asia, its population of Muslim faith and democracy, and how this bridge status results in diss… more
Date: October 24, 2009
Duration: 41 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis & Koc, Dogan
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Charlotte Stokes, June 24, 2016

Description: Mrs. Stokes was born and raised in Nacogdoches. She is the daughter of Arthur Weaver, the founder of the NAACP in Nacogdoches. She then became a teacher in Washington DC and St. Louis. She returned to Nacogdoches in the late 1970s, where she worked at Head Start. Retired now, she is active in civic organizations, particularly the annual Juneteenth celebration. In her interview, Mrs. Stokes describes her childhood in Nacogdoches, the difficulties of segregation, her father's activism, and the co… more
Date: June 24, 2016
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Howard, Jasmine; May, Meredith & Stokes, Charlotte
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Garza, Leo, June 24, 2015

Description: Interview with Leo Garza, a Chicano activist from Harlingen, Texas. In his interview, Garza discusses his early life, his activism, the Raza Unida Party, civil rights organizations, his work as a teacher, healthcare in South Texas, and the needs of the migrant community.
Date: June 24, 2015
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Garza, Leo; Enriquez, Sandra & Robles, David
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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Oral History Interview with Joe Turner, June 24, 2015

Description: Interview with Joe Turner from Tyler, Texas. In the interview, Turner discusses his early life and moving to Texas, experiencing racial discrimination in Whitehouse, Texas, his work for the Carrier company in Tyler, and union organizing.
Date: June 24, 2015
Duration: 2 hours 3 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Turner, Joe & Bynum, Katherine
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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