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[Program: Second Annual Medal of Merit Awards Banquet]

Description: 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.
Date: May 31, 1980
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Braniff]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 26, 1980, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 12 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program for the Mexican American Student Bar Association Spring Testimonial dinner]

Description: Program for the Spring Testimonial dinner held by the Mexican American Student Bar Assoc. (MASBA) The evening program begin with a cocktail hour at 6:30 and features speeches by Ruben Bonilla, Ruben Garcia, A. C. "Tony" Garcia, Pedro, "Pete" Dias, Sylvia Garcia, and an awards presentation. The program contains a list of all active MASBA members and biographies for each of the presenters as well as biographies of Andres D. Sarabia and John J. Herrera.
Date: April 19, 1980
Creator: Mexican American Student Bar Association
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Letter from Reverend P. F. Flores to Roberto Ornelas - 1980-08-29]

Description: Letter from Reverend P. F. Flores to Roberto Ornelas explaining that Flores will not be able to attend the "roasting" of John J. Herrera. Flores expresses his gratitude toward Herrera for devoting Herrera's time to help teach Mexican-American children that were boycotting a segregated school in Pearland.
Date: August 29, 1980
Creator: Flores, P. F.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

Banquet New Names

Description: List of invitees (or attendees) for John J. Herrera Testimonial Banquet. Document includes names, titles, employers, and occupations.
Date: 1980
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Speech by John J. Herrera for Testimonial Banquet]

Description: Speech to be given at Testimonial Banquet by John J. Herrera. In it Herrera expresses gratitude for the honor and details events from his life and his affiliations, which have shaped him as individual as well as his career.
Date: 1980
Creator: Herrera, John J.
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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[News Clip: Press club awards]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 21, 1980, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Robison]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 16, 1980, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 26 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Video of jazz band playing at gala awards banquet]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a gala banquet including a jazz band and speaker Dr. Eva Jessye and William Marshall. The video opens with a small jazz group featuring a trumpet soloist and then static cuts to a man seated at a banquet table rising to speak at a microphone podium who then introduces the guests to his side. The man at the podium precedes to hand out multiple awards followed by those individuals giving short speeches. The audience applauds… more
Date: [1980..2000]
Duration: 9 minutes 13 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[2nd annual "Medal of Merit" awards banquet]

Description: 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.
Date: May 31, 1980
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 51 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Symphony in Black closing reception and awards gala]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded the Symphony in Black black tie closing reception and awards gala held at a hotel in downtown Dallas. The footage shows guests arriving at the hotel and congregating in the lobby.
Date: [1980..2000]
Duration: 22 minutes 25 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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