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["Two Hah Hah's and a Homeboy" starring Ruby Dee audio tapes]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during "Two Hah Hah's and a Homeboy" starring Ruby Dee and Anthony Fargas performed in the Fall of 2010 and Spring of 2011 as part of the academies 34th season. The tape includes 14 tracks of music ranging from three to eight minutes with the average of 5 minutes.
Date: 2010/2011
Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Dee, Ruby; King, Curtis & Fargas, Antonio
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - Rick Smiley prank call: ice cream_07]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The audio is of a prank call made on the Rick Smiley radio show to an ice cream store. The first part of the audio is a young man trying to spend $1,500 on ice cream for a party. The second part is of a "grandmother" calling the store back after the owner disconnected the call from her "grandson." Laughter can be heard at the end of the audio.
Date: June 24, 2022
Duration: 3 minutes 24 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - Rick Smiley prank call: _15]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The audio is of a prank call from the Rick Smiley radio show to Ms. Virginia Fredrick about receiving payment to replace a pair of shows made with horse hair that Ms. Virginia's daughter stepped on. The audio ends after the caller recites a passive aggressive prayer and Ms. Virginia yells at her for wasting her time.
Date: June 24, 2022
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - Rick Smiley prank calls: identity reveal _18]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The audio is of a prank call made from the Rick Smiley radio show to Ms. Virginia Fredrick where he reveals he was the one behind the prank calls. She disconnects the call after yelling at him for being insensitive. The ends with the callers' laughter.
Date: June 24, 2022
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - Rick Smiley prank call: alcohol abuse treatment _21]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The audio is of a prank call made from the Rick Smiley radio show to an alcohol and drug abuse hotline. The caller pretends to be a drunk person asking about his treatment options. The recipient disconnects the call after the caller says he wants to drink and smoke more on his way to a treatment facility.
Date: June 24, 2022
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL - Hip Hop Broadway]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The audio is of a variety of pop and Broadway songs including: "Billie Jean and "Bad" by Michael Jackson; "On Broadway" by The Drifters; "There's No Business Like Show Business" from There's No Business Like Show Business; "I Hope I Get It" and "One" from A Chorus Line; and "Walk Him Up The Stairs" from Purlie; among others.
Date: June 24, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 43 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL -This is 4 U! - album recording]

Description: Audio from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The audio is a recording of the album "This is 4 U!" by various R&B artists including Donny Hathaway, B-Rezell, and Janet Jackson, among others. The album includes eighteen clips that feature songs about love, romance and sex.
Date: June 23, 2022
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 40 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[JBAAL Board Meeting '87]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a JBAAL board meeting lead by Curtis King on September 1st, 1987. The tape includes one track of audio that is generally intelligible but covers the topic of board membership.
Date: September 1, 1987
Duration: 30 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: King, Curtis
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[2nd annual "Medal of Merit" awards banquet]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Second Annual Medal of Merit Awards Banquet held on May 31, 1980 at the Downtown Dallas Sheraton Hotel. The tape includes two tracks of intelligible audio of individuals speaking broken up by periods of applause.
Date: May 31, 1980
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 51 seconds
Location: 32.785128 -96.794956
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Tape labeled Micki Grant with Curtis King as primary speaker]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a meeting or dialogue with most frequent speaker Curtis King. The tape includes two tapes of generally intelligible audio that is primarily sounds of moving chairs, rustling papers and voices far away from the recording device.
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 40 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Music from the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The tape includes two tracks of noisy and distorted audio of a band playing music.
Date: [1970..1992]
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 45 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Della Reese performing live]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a live performance of blues and gospel singer Della Reese at an unknown venue. The tape includes two tracks of well recorded audio of the concert which plays Della Reese along with a jazz band.
Date: 2009/2010
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Reese, Della
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Spiritual Jubilee" Black Music and the Civil Rights Concert, 2]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 14th Annual Black Music and the Civil Rights Movement Concert, "Musical Reflection- 20 Years Later...A Spiritual Jubilee". The tape includes two tracks of audio with the first track recording a variation of Amazing Grace and the second Soon Will be Gone.
Date: 1997
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 02 seconds
Location: 32.789971 -96.798679
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[JBAAL "Toussaint", radio spot]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a radio spot to advertise the 1994 theatrical production of "Toussaint" held in February at the Naomi Bruton Theatre. The tape is well recorded and includes a dramatic narrator speaking over a background of drums.
Date: February 1994
Duration: 1 minute 09 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[JBAAL "Tell Pharaoh" PSA]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a 60 second PSA to be aired to advertise the academies theatrical production "Tell Pharaoh". The tape includes ticket and date information delivered by an enthusiastic and dramatic narrator.
Date: February 1991
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Tribute gospel choir concert]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a gospel choir concert June 28th, 1980. The tape includes two tracks of audio that lack presence and have distortion throughout. Music can be heard indistinctly.
Date: June 28, 1980
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 23 seconds
Location: 32.780371 -96.765915
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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["Drama Literature, Side 5 and Side 6"]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during a theatre performance at an unknown date. The performance opens with clapping and the actresses introducing their characters. The tape includes two sides of audio that are both poorly recorded with the voices being heard but words being difficult to be understood.
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 33 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TBAAL male chorus and jazz band rehearsal]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the male chorus and jazz band rehearsal on August 12th, 1993. The tape includes jazz number of various styles and tempos with intermittent male vocal accompaniment.
Date: August 12, 1993
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 32 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[:60 second spot for TBAALs 30th anniversary gala and red carpet event]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during for advertising their 30th anniversary season opening gala and red carpet event to be held on September 23rd 2006. The tape includes date, time, location and ticket information followed by a list of celebrities' who will be in attendance and the noted performers.
Date: September 2006
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Musical old timey television show with songs and dialogue]

Description: Audio tape from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during their an unknown event but covers what sounds like an old timey television show with an actor and actress duo singing and dialoguing with an orchestral background mood track. The tape includes one track of audio that is poorly recorded with sharp peaked distortions particularly in the beginning.
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 43 seconds
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Black Preaching in the Literary Tradition]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the "Black Preaching and Literary Traditions" conference held on March 1st, 1997. The tape is well recorded and opens with Curtis King making opening statements followed by a panel of speakers.
Date: March 1, 1997
Duration: 26 minutes 33 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[2nd Annual "Black Preaching in the Literary Tradition" break out session]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the 2nd annual Black Preaching In the Literary Tradition held in April of 1998. The tape includes two of tracks of audio covering the break out session on the topic of anecdotes in black preaching.
Date: April 25, 1998
Duration: 1 hour 34 minutes 45 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[JBAAL "Symphony in Black" concert tape]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the annual Symphony in Black concert held on July 18th, 1986., The tape includes two tracks of audio that document the Dallas symphony orchestra performing various scores of music at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas Texas.
Date: July 18, 1986
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Location: 32.782765 -96.794986
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Beah Richards Workshop Day 2]

Description: Audio cassette from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during on the second day of the Beah Richards workshop at the "One In Mission" A Convocation on the Relationship of the Black Church and the Arts event. Beulah Elizabeth Richardson professionally as Beah Richards, was an American actress on stage, screen, and television. The audio quality is very low and it is hard to hear what Beah Richards is saying in the beginning, audio at some points will be loud with workshop attendees la… more
Date: October 14, 1978
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 48 seconds
Location: 32.774281 -96.797546
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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