[Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement 1991 concert, tape #6]

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Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the eighth annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert in 1991. The concert featured Cissy Houston and choir and was held at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas Texas. The videotape shows the last 10 minutes of the concert and opens with a speaker addressing the audience followed by a rousing speech that ends in applause. The video then records a close-up of the front row of the choir as members disband and walk off stage.

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1 DVD (10 min., 14 sec.) : sd. col.

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King, Curtis January 13, 1991.

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Video footage from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the eighth annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert in 1991. The concert featured Cissy Houston and choir and was held at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas Texas. The videotape shows the last 10 minutes of the concert and opens with a speaker addressing the audience followed by a rousing speech that ends in applause. The video then records a close-up of the front row of the choir as members disband and walk off stage.

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1 DVD (10 min., 14 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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  • January 13, 1991

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King, Curtis. [Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement 1991 concert, tape #6], video, January 13, 1991; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1921228/: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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