[Program: The Amen Corner]

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Program for the performance of The Amen Corner, written by James Baldwin and directed by Curtis L. King. The performance was on June 3-15, 1986 at the Dallas Theater Center Kalita Humphreys Theater. The program provides a schedule for the importance and information on the cast and crew.

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1 pamphlet : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm., folded to 22 x 14 cm.

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Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters June 1986.

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Program for the performance of The Amen Corner, written by James Baldwin and directed by Curtis L. King. The performance was on June 3-15, 1986 at the Dallas Theater Center Kalita Humphreys Theater. The program provides a schedule for the importance and information on the cast and crew.

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1 pamphlet : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm., folded to 22 x 14 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records (AR0797), University of North Texas Special Collections

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[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 2] - ark:/67531/metadc1983643

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[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 4]

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[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 4] - ark:/67531/metadc1983644

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[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 3]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The U-Matic footage shows a segment of James Baldwin's stage production "The Amen Corner," produced by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters in June of 1986. The play stars Esther Rolle as Margaret Alexander, pastor of the church.

[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 3] - ark:/67531/metadc1984109

[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 5] (Video)

[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 5]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records. The U-Matic footage shows a segment of James Baldwin's stage production "The Amen Corner," produced by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986. The play stars Esther Rolle as Margaret Alexander, pastor of the church.

[James Baldwin's "The Amen Corner", tape 5] - ark:/67531/metadc1984110

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Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters. [Program: The Amen Corner], pamphlet, June 1986; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1610825/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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