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[News Clip: Negro League]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 7, 1995, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Portrait of Negro Life in Song" concert video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during Dr. Jester Hairstons' concert "Portrait of Negro Life in Song" performed by a choral group on April 14th, 1991 at the Dallas convention center theatre. The footage shows Dr. Hairston conducting the mixed-gender choir while also speaking between songs. The music is gospel in nature and inspired by Black spiritual folk music as outlined in the program.
Date: April 14, 1991
Duration: 59 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Hairston, Jester Dr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Dr. Dorthey Height initiative for the National Council of Negro Women news story]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the culmination of the Dr. Dorthey Height initiative from the National Council of Negro Women. The footage is recorded broadcast taken from Washington D.C including president and first lady Hilary Clinton speaking to leaders and crowds about the newly purchased headquarters for the Council.
Date: [1993..2001]
Duration: 15 minutes
Creator: National Council of Negro Women
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: Portrait of Negro Life in Song]

Description: Program for the concert performed by Jester Hairston entitled 'Portrait of Negro Life in Song,' which was hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters on April 14, 1991 at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre.
Date: April 1991
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Daring to Dream" documentary on KXAS]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters of the documentary "Daring to Dream" aired on channel 5 news in 1991. The footage, hosted by Cynthia Tinselly, shows a slideshow of photographs paired with interviews of prominent African American historians and community members on the topic of their lived childhood and young adult experience growing up black during the civil rights movement in Dallas Texas.
Date: 1991
Duration: 22 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: Simmons, Katina; Seymour, Shelly; Grimm, Mike & Watson, Reed D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains information about folklore in Texas and Mexico, including folk songs and ballads, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, sermons, stories about games and celebrations, folklore of Texas plants, and information about folk remedies. The index begins on page 349.
Date: 1998
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

[Flyer: Get Ready for a Good Time]

Description: Flyer for two events sponsored by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The first event was a musical concert entitled 'Portrait of Negro Life in Song' and was performed on April 14, 1991. The second event was the showing of the film 'Cry, The Beloved Country,' which was on April 27, 1991.
Date: April 1991
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Their Last Will and Testament" news spot with Esther Rolle]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters was recorded during a news spot given by Kathy Andrews on a TBAAL production entitled "Black Women's Legacies: Their Last Will and Testament" performed in Washington D.C to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the National Council of Negro Women. The footage shows clips of the performances along with brief interviews with the actresses. The tape concludes with Curtis King speaking.
Date: 1995
Duration: 4 minutes 46 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[30th anniversary of the march on Washington, tape 1 of 9]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 30th anniversary of the march on Washington celebratory performance held at the Kennedy performing arts center in Washington D. C.. Entitled 'I Remember.." the show includes speakers, dancers, and musicians. The footage shows the opening 30 minutes of the show which includes various speakers, a saxophonist, dancers, organist and two spoken poem readings.
Date: Autumn 1993
Duration: 31 minutes 23 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Black Women's Legacies: Their Last Will and Testament" news spot]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters was recorded during a news spot given by Kathy Andrews on a TBAAL production entitled "Black Women's Legacies: Their Last Will and Testament" performed in Washington D.C to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the National Council of Negro Women. The footage shows clips of the performances along with brief interviews with the actresses. The tape concludes with Curtis King speaking.
Date: 1995
Duration: 4 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: Andrews, Kathy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Printmaker Elizabeth Catlett retrospective exhibit full video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during printmaker Elizabeth Catletts' retrospective exhibit titled "Fifty Years of Printmaking". The footage shows an interrupted close-up of the gallery wall followed by individual close-ups of prints. The footage pertaining to the exhibit cuts to bars at the 7:04 mark.
Date: [1990-06..1990-08]
Duration: 10 minutes 15 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Printmaker Elizabeth Catlett retrospective exhibit video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during printmaker Elizabeth Catletts' retrospective exhibit titled "Fifty Years of Printmaking". The footage shows an interrupted close-up of the gallery wall followed by 4 short clips of prints that appear to be relief works showing laboring black women. The footage abruptly cuts to black at the 00:48 second mark.
Date: Summer 1990
Duration: 5 minutes 07 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[407 E. Kolstad - Mallard Alexander House]

Description: Photograph of the Mallard Alexander House located at 407 E. Kolstad in Palestine, Texas. It is a one-story house with a porch almost the length of the front and an addition on the left side of the house. There is a large front yard in the foreground, including a number of trees and a bench swing.
Date: February 1993
Creator: Goebel, Matt
Partner: Palestine Public Library

Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 3, Number 1, Spring, 1991

Description: Biannual publication "devoted to the rich history of Dallas and North Central Texas" as a way to "examine the many historical legacies--social, ethnic, cultural, political--which have shaped the modern city of Dallas and the region around it." This issue focuses on the dreams and visions that have shaped Dallas.
Date: 1991
Creator: Dallas County Heritage Society
Partner: Dallas Historical Society
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