Black Academy of Arts and Letters records 1968-1980

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Black Academy of Arts and Letters records 1968-1980

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Files of the Board of Directors containing correspondence, agendas, minutes, and records of three board committees; administrative records including materials on the founding of the Academy, nominations for awards, and records relating to daily operations; and annual meeting files which encompass planning and programing for annual meetings, 1970-1972.

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section

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Black Academy of Arts and Letters (Dallas, Tex.)

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The Black Academy of Arts and Letters was established to “define, preserve, promote, cultivate, foster and develop the arts and letters of black people,” as stated by Dr. C. Eric Lincoln in his founding address. Notable contributions by blacks to black America were to be recognized by the Academy members who, themselves, represented some of the finest achievements in arts and letters. The Black Academy was founded March 29, 1969 in Boston, and was incorporated on June 12...