["My One Good Nerve" Ruby Dee stage reading video]

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Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Valentines' day weekend performance by Ruby Dee of "My One Good Nerve". The footage shows a stage with palm trees and Ruby Dee standing to the right behind a podium. The reading encompasses Dee's reflections on marriage, raising children, and the state of being black in America in the 20th century through the lens of black womanhood.

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1 cassette (VHS) (1 hr., 13 min., 21 sec.) : sd., col.

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Dee, Ruby February 14, 1999.

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Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Valentines' day weekend performance by Ruby Dee of "My One Good Nerve". The footage shows a stage with palm trees and Ruby Dee standing to the right behind a podium. The reading encompasses Dee's reflections on marriage, raising children, and the state of being black in America in the 20th century through the lens of black womanhood.

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1 cassette (VHS) (1 hr., 13 min., 21 sec.) : sd., col.

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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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  • February 14, 1999

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Dee, Ruby. ["My One Good Nerve" Ruby Dee stage reading video], video, February 14, 1999; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1921178/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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