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[Press release: Jester Hairston]

Description: News release advertising the appearance of Jester Hairston on a show produced by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters called 'Amen.'
Date: April 1991
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: Live and in Chocolate]

Description: Program for a Valentine's Day event hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters and performed by television celebrity Phyllis Yvonne Stickney on February 11, 1995 at the Muse Cafe Theatre.
Date: February 1995
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer: America's Got Talent]

Description: Flyer advertising live tapings of the the television show America's Got Talent. The recording dates were March 25 and 26, 2010 and took place at the Music Hall in Fair Park.
Date: March 2010
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Comedy Night at the Muse Featuring Drew Fraser Tape 2 of 2]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during comedian Drew Fraser's live comedy performance at the Clarence Muse Café Theater on April 16th, 2011. Fraser's special centers on the topic of race, inflation, becoming a new dad, travel, and politics.
Date: April 16, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: Fraser, Drew
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Roundtable Writer's Breakfast: "From Back Doors to the Silver Screen"]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the roundtable writers breakfast featuring arts writer Donald Bogles "From Back Doors to the Silver Screen" held on May 16th, 2009. The footage shows Bogles seated at the head of a large table with Curtis King leading a discussion on the status of African Americans in film, television and theatre using example of stereotypes and acclaimed performances as talking points.
Date: May 16, 2009
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis & Bogles, Donald
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Sixteen :10 second celebrity spot PSAs '89]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters including a series of :10 sec PSAs for the Junior Black Academy to be aired May 21st 1989. Each PSA is preceded by a slide of the creation information. The footage features celebrities' active in the organization and from a variety of arts reciting the same script.
Date: May 1989
Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: WFAA-TV Productions
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Symphony in Black" PSAs and "The Tonight Experience" show segment]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters including various PSA clips and a segment of the "The Tonight Experience" all focusing on the Symphony in Black to be held July 20th, 1984 at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas. The PSA footage transitions to the "The Tonight Experience" at the 7:00 minute mark.
Date: July 1984
Duration: 21 minutes 30 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.782765 -96.794986
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[JBAAL "Zanzibar" PSA tape]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a PSA produced by JBAAL to advertise for the musical comedy "Zanzibar" to be held in March of 1990. The footage shows a man with audio headphones sitting on a stool and talking to the camera about the upcoming production.
Date: March 1990
Duration: 2 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Magnetic Productions & Nutson, "Blade" J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[JBAAL "Zanzibar" promo video on DVD]

Description: Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a PSA produced by JBAAL to advertise for the musical comedy "Zanzibar" to be held in March of 1990. The DVD footage shows a man with audio headphones sitting on a stool and talking to the camera about the upcoming production. The promo videos ends at the 1:45 minute mark. Zanzibar was the premier production in the Clarence Muse Café Theatre.
Date: Spring 1990
Duration: 15 minutes 01 second
Creator: Magnetic Productions
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer: February 1995 - African American History Month

Description: Flyer advertising the events scheduled by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters for African American History Month. The events include a writer's showcase, celebrity Valentine's day event, and a film series screened at the Muse Cafe Theatre.
Date: February 1995
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer: Bobby Jones Gospel]

Description: Flyer advertising the taping of a televised gospel music performance by Bobby Jones on October 6-8, 1994 at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex.
Date: October 1994
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: OJ Simpson coverage, Khalid Muhammad visit to Dallas, 1994]

Description: Video footage from WFAA-TV Spirit of Texas Channel 8 in Dallas, Texas, including stories on the preliminary hearing for the OJ Simpson case, and the controversy surrounding Khalid Muhammad's planned visit to the Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 1994. Advertisements for "Entertainment Tonight" and "Rolonda" appear at the beginning of the video.
Date: 1994
Duration: 4 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: WFAA-TV (Television station : Dallas, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["I Remember..." project ABC news video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a Fox ABC news commercial and story advertising JBAAL musical "I Remember..." in celebration of 30 years since the march on Washington. The tape begins with unrelated coverage of a fire and starts with the JBAAL story at the 1:00 minute mark. The footage highlights Curtis King and the support for the recognition of the role of the arts in the civil rights movement. The video continues with footage shot during rehearsals of… more
Date: August 23, 1993
Duration: 6 minutes 18 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 38.895848 -77.055683
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Madea's Class Reunion" live performance video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a theatrical performance held over the weekend of March 25th, 1993. The video footage shows Tyler Perry's live comedy performance of "Madea's Class Reunion: The Class That Had No Class".
Date: March 1993
Duration: 20 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Perry, Tyler
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.773926 -96.801732
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Comedy Night at the Muse Featuring Drew Fraser Tape 1 of 2]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during comedian Drew Fraser's live comedy performance at the Clarence Muse Café Theater on April 16th, 2011. Fraser's special centers on the topic of inflation and how becoming a new dad is about realizing all the things that are different from when he was a kid.
Date: April 16, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 35 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Roundtable Writer's Breakfast"- African American women in media discussion video]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a roundtable writer's breakfast on the topic of the portrayal of African American women in media by African American men. The footage shows a long conference table seated with both men and women and when individuals speak the camera zooms in on that person. Curtis King presides and moderates the discussion.
Date: April 2, 2011
Duration: 39 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Comedy night at the Muse]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded on May 13th, 2011 during comedy night at Muse featuring comedian Pierre. The footage shows Pierre's stand-up routine on the topics of race, politics, sex, dating, travel, and the male perspective.
Date: May 13, 2011
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 23 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Promo video for gospel production of "A Piece of My Soul"]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a promotional video for Rodney Lewis' "A Piece of My Soul: The Anthology of Gospel" aired in the fall of 1998. The tape shows aired footage from daytime news followed by interviews of involved cast and clips of behind the scenes showing showing gospel singers.
Date: 1998/1999
Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Comedy Night at the Muse with Cassandra "CoCo" Morgan]

Description: Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during Comedy Night at the Muse of the weekend of June 16th 2006. The performance features female comedian Cassandra "CoCo" Morgan on topics of church, food, and family.
Date: June 17, 2006
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 46 seconds
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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