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[Author Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at TCJC South Campus]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The audio was recorded during an author's workshop with Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks, an American poet, author, and teacher. The audio quality is very low and it is hard to hear what Gwendolyn Brooks is saying in some parts of her presentation.
Date: December 1, 1977
Duration: 51 minutes 46 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer for A Lover's Holiday Show and Brunch]

Description: A flyer for the Lover's Holiday Show and Bunch which featured performers Alex Bugnon, Eric Gable, and Keith Anderson, and it was produced by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters and One Way Entertainment. The event was on February 16th in an unknown year at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: One Way Entertainment
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer for Be Careful What You Pray For]

Description: A flyer advertising the play 'Be Careful What You Pray For,' which was written by Lisa Garrett Reynolds and produced by the Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex on March 18, 19, and the 21-26, year unknown. The play included actors Cuba Gooding Sr., Shirley Murdock, David Peaston, Clyde R. Jones.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer for God's Trying to Tell You Something]

Description: A flyer for the play God's Trying to Tell You Something, produced by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters and performed on December 31-January 4 during an unknown year at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre. The play featured actors such as Douglas Miller, and Daz Patterson. Contributing members of the production include Delilah Rashell Williams, Edwin Hawkins, Dennis Rowe, and Renda Pettis.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: The Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer for Jazz up your week!]

Description: A flyer advertising the brown bag lunch series hosted by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex in an unknown year. This brown bag lunch featured an African American drummer group called Irungu Bakari and Company.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer for Kendrick D. Young's Heaven I Need A Hug]

Description: A flyer for the play Heaven I Need A Hug, written by Kendrick D. Young, and performed January 19-24 in an unknown year at the Granville Arts Center. The play was performed by Sheree Whitfield, Dave Hollister, and Tony Grant. A photo of two of the actors are on the front of the flyer.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: Young, Kendrick D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer for No Place to Lay My Head]

Description: Flyer for No Place to Lay My Head, a performance produced by Michael Matthews, Gary Smith, the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters, and Rainbow Productions, Inc. The play was performed February 25 through March 1 in an unknown year at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre. The performers included Beverly Todd, T. K. Carter, Kene Holliday, Rance Allen, and Cheryl "Pepsi" Riley.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: Matthews, Michael & Smith, Gary
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer for Shelly Garrett's Barbershop]

Description: Flyer advertising the Barbershop comedy play, written by Shelly Garrett. The comedy play was held at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre from March 22nd to March 27th, year unknown. The flyer has a portrait of an the play's author Shelly Garrett, as well as an illustration of a barbershop scene. The play was sponsored by Sears, Sound Warehouse, Foley's Fiest, and Blockbuster Music Plus.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Flyer for the Kwanzaa Ball]

Description: Flyer for the Kwanzaa Ball, sponsored by the Ayubu Kamau Sacred Afrikan Drum and Dance Society and the Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The ball was on December 29 of an unknown year at the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: Ayubu Kamau Sacred Afrikan Drum and Dance Society
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: Expressions of a People]

Description: Program for Expression of a People, directed by Nedra P. James and sponsored by the Office of Cultural Affairs of the City of Dallas, Neiman-Marcus, and the Dallas Summer Musicals. The front of the program contains an illustration of an African American family by Leo and Diane Dillon. This performance included performers Billie Kerl Roberts, Linda Searight, and Gale Washington Tyler.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: Legacy: From Renaissance to Revolution]

Description: Program for Legacy: From Renaissance to Revolution which was written by Rosalynd "Roz" White, who also starred in the production. The play was directed by Tracie Jenkins and performed on May 21-23 and May 28-30 at the Apollo Theatre in New York City. The performance included the performers Bessie Smith, Pearl Bailey, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Nancy Wilson, and Aretha Franklin.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: White, Roz
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: No Place to Lay My Head]

Description: Program for No Place to Lay My Head, a play written, directed, and produced by Michael Matthews and Gary Smith. The play includes performers Reverend Rance Allen, T. K. Carter, Cheryl Pepsii Riley, Kene Holliday, Kitra Williams, and Shawn McLemore. The program lists the order of events of the performance, and it also provides short biographies for each of the cast members. The front of the program contains an illustration of a man slumped forward as he sits on a bench.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: Matthews, Michael & Smith, Gary Lamont
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: Shelly Garrett's Barbershop]

Description: Program for the Barbershop play, written, directed, and produced by Shelley Garrett and sponsored by Pro-Line. The program includes a short biographical paragraph about Garrett, an advertisement for Pro-Line, and lists the cast members. The cast lists Patrick Amos, Benn Bell, Darryal Ewing, Asante Jones, Billy Jones, Ptosha Storey-Jones, Renee Micheal, Darrell Theirry, Aurora Threats, and Louis "Da Wolf" White.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: Garrett, Shelly
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: Texas Composer's Concert]

Description: Program for an exhibition event featuring a few select composers on April 25, 1977 at the Dallas Theater Center. The program provides information about the composers and the schedule of the event.
Date: April 25, 1977
Creator: Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Program: Wicked Ways]

Description: Program for the plays Wicked Ways, written and produced by Michael Matthews. The cast included Alyson Williams, Sheila Hutchinson, Curb Gardner, Loren Harper, Thomas Dorsey, Michael Brown, Keith Staten, Marvie Wright, Vicki Holland, Camilla Singleton, Jeannie Lyles, Gena Johnson, Kenlyn Hooks, and Denise Foxx.
Date: 1977/2013
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Synopsis of No Place to Lay My Head]

Description: Synopsis of the play No Place to Lay My Head, produced in part by Prodigal Son Productions. The play describes the play as focusing on the retirement dreams of two hardworking men before and after their place of employment shuts down.
Date: 1977/2013
Creator: Prodigal Son Productions
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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