Tom Dent papers, 1861-1998 | Amistad Research Center

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Collection Overview

Title: Tom Dent papers, 1861-1998

Predominant Dates:1959-1998

Creator: Dent, Tom (1932-1998)

Extent: 149.6 Linear Feet

Arrangement: The Tom Dent papers have been arranged into eight series: Correspondence and other materials, Writings, Journals and notebooks, Oral history and audiovisual collection, Project files, Financial records, Photographs, and Memorabilia, news clippings and realia.

Date Acquired: 01/01/1976. More info below under Accruals.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The papers of Tom Dent provide a rich documentary source in the areas of African American literature and theater, the Civil Rights Movement, and the society and culture of New Orleans. The collection encompasses 149 linear feet of correspondence, literary manuscripts, oral history interviews, photographs, financial records, and memorabilia generated by one of New Orleans' most treasured poets, playwrights, and oral historians.

Dent was a prolific writer of letters, poetry, and prose throughout his lifetime. The papers span over thirty years of African American literature through his correspondence with editors, writers, and artists. The papers are a resource for the topics of the Black Arts Movement, the Free Southern Theater in New Orleans, the Umbra Writers' Workshop, and are rich in narratives about New Orleans society, culture, and the Black community. The papers are a strong source for the study of discrimination and racism in the United States, particularly in the area of the disenfranchisement of Black artists and writers.

Dent's literary works encompass approximately 331 drafts of original poems and 289 journals and notebooks, often focusing on Black identity, New Orleans, and civil rights. Dent also wrote short stories, essays, and book, film, and play reviews, which account for approximately 190 manuscripts in the collection. Other literary projects covered in the collection include the unpublished manuscript drafts of Andrew Young's autobiography, Easy Burden: the Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America and Dent's book Southern Journey: A Return to the Civil Rights Movement. Southern Journey documents historic African American communities and the era of civil rights in what Dent considered the "Deep South," the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Accompanying the manuscripts are 905 audiotapes of oral history interviews used for these two volumes, as well as three grant funded oral history projects, conducted in the late 1970s and early 1980s, focused on the river communities of Louisiana, civil rights workers in Mississippi, and Acadian and jazz musicians of New Orleans. The audiovisual collection also includes numerous poetry readings, lectures, and special events, such as festivals, brass bands, and funerals documenting the uniqueness of New Orleans Black community and culture.

The papers also include photographs, financial records, and collected memorabilia, which are interrelated to Dent's correspondence, literary manuscripts, and the audiovisual collection.

Biographical Note

Tom Dent, New Orleans-born poet, essayist, playwright, teacher, and oral historian was an active participant in the Black Arts and Civil Rights Movements. He was a leading literary figure in New Orleans, publishing two books of poetry, Magnolia Street (1976) and Blue Lights and River Songs (1982), and a prolific oral historian, whose work culminated with the publishing of his book, Southern Journey: A Return to the Civil Rights Movement (1997).

Thomas Covington Dent was born on March 20, 1932, to Albert Walter Dent and Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent, and was the oldest of three sons. Dr. Albert W. Dent was the president of Dillard University (1941-1969). Jessie Covington Dent was a trained classical pianist originally from Houston, Texas, and trained at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and a fellow of the Juilliard Musical Foundation. The Dent's were a prominent New Orleans family active in the Black community and often hosts to well-known individuals of the civil rights era.

Tom Dent graduated from Gilbert Academy in 1947 at the age of fifteen. He attended Morehouse College, receiving a Bachelors of Arts in political science in 1952. During his time at Morehouse, he was the editor of the college's literary newspaper, The Maroon Tiger. He also worked as a news reporter for The Houston Informer (1950-1951) while at Morehouse. Dent continued his studies in political science at Syracuse University (1952-1956), and while there became a fan of the music of David Brubeck. Dent served as a Private First Class (PFC) in the United States Army at the Ireland Army Hospital in Fort Knox, Kentucky (1957-1959), and during this time participated in a Writer's Digest short story course through the mail.

Dent chose to discontinue his studies in Syracuse and moved to New York to become immersed in writing. Early on during the New York years (1959-1965) he became involved in political activities that coincided to the emergence of Black Nationalism. Dent became a news reporter for the New York Age (1959) and was appointed press liaison for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (1960-1963) by Thurgood Marshall. This position took Dent to several hot spots of the Civil Rights Movement, including Jackson, Mississippi, where he became involved in getting James Meredith admitted as the first Black student of the University of Mississippi in Oxford.

Through the community in Harlem, Dent helped to produce a journal called On Guard for Freedom, which represented an early Black Nationalist artists' group and included members such as LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), Harold Cruse, and Calvin Hicks. Involvement with this group and its activities lead to the creation of the Umbra Writers' Workshop (1962-1964) on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, for which Dent was a founding member. The roots of the Black arts literary movement came from the Umbra collective of young writers involved in the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School founded by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka). The Umbra Writers' Workshop members included Steve Cannon, Tom Dent, Al Haynes, David Henderson, Ishmael Reed, and Askia M. Toure (Roland Snelling). The group's literary magazine, Umbra, featured poetry and other genres of creative writing, and became one of the earliest and most prominent "little magazines" that focused on African American writing.

Tom Dent returned to New Orleans in 1965 after the disbanding of the Umbra workshop. He did not intend to stay in New Orleans, but discovered new things about the city that were different from when he had left fifteen years earlier. One major discovery was the Free Southern Theater (FST) founded by John O'Neal and Gilbert Moses as an integrated Tougaloo Drama Workshop at Tougaloo College, Mississippi, in 1963. Dent had met John O'Neal previously in New York and by the time he returned to the south, the FST was based in New Orleans. Dent became the Associate Director (1966-1970) and authored a one-act play, Ritual Murder (1967). The FST was organized as an integrated touring company that used volunteers to play for civil rights centers of the south, particularly in Mississippi. The administration of the company was often divided as to its direction. Gilbert Moses attempted in 1965 to reorganize the FST into an all-Black company with its base in New Orleans; however, John O'Neal and the fundraising committee were based in New York. The new Black orientation of the theater caused confusion for the integrated New York-based fundraising committee, and by 1967 there were conflicts about the direction of the theater between the groups in New Orleans and New York. The touring concept coming from New York at the time was to hire professional Black actors from New York for the touring season. As the direction of the theater continued to be in conflict throughout the late sixties, Dent's development of the New Orleans-based community workshop program progressed.

Dent's journey of self-discovery found resolution in New Orleans with a sense of belonging to the South and to its Black community. As the core group of the FST left for New York and the administration of the theater fractured, Dent became convinced the idea of his work and its sense of the South must continue to be done in the South. The FST community workshop program, established in 1967, was spearheaded by Dent's desire to develop an artistic project within the New Orleans community. The acting and writing workshops cultivated local talent to produce quality work for the theater's use, with multiple programs organized separately from the touring company. The result of the program was the BLKARTSOUTH creative writing and acting workshops and Nkombo literary magazine. The group of writers and actors was jointly directed by Dent and Bob "Big Daddy" Costley and became BLKARTSOUTH in 1969. The goals of the workshop were to develop new literary and theatrical materials for use by the FST. The performing ensemble performed poetry and short plays throughout the South and produced five mimeographed books of poetry in 1969.

Nkombo literary magazine, published in nine issues from 1969 to 1974 in New Orleans, was unique with the purpose of producing plays and poetry to enhance the work of Black theater and literature during the period of the Black Arts Movement. A predecessor issue in December of 1968, under the title Echoes from the Gumbo, published the first works of the members of the workshop program. Dent was the main force behind the magazine as founder and co-editor along with a young member of the group Val Ferdinand (Kalamu ya Salaam). Dent envisioned a collective of southern Black writers who would be creatively nurtured within the community. BLKARTSOUTH separated from the FST and evolved into the Southern Black Cultural Alliance with the partnership between Tom Dent and Kalamu ya Salaam solidified in Nkombo Publications (1971). Dent hoped a regional association of southern community theaters and programs would provide financial support and an exchange of ideas for southern writers. At the time of the last issue of Nkombo in 1974, Kalamu ya Salaam was focused on his work with the Black Collegian magazine and Dent was focusing on establishing the Congo Square Writer's Union and another literary journal, The Black River Journal (1977). Throughout the life of Nkombo, financial difficulties often delayed its publication.

Dent taught creative writing at Mary Holmes Junior College in West Point, Mississippi (1968-1970), and at the University of New Orleans (1979-1981). He was a community organizer for the Social Welfare Planning Council (1965-1966) to address relief efforts in the Lower Ninth Ward section of New Orleans after Hurricane Betsy. Dent also worked as the public relations officer (1971-1973) and Assistant to the Executive Director for Publications (1975-1978) for Total Community Action, a community service non-profit organization in New Orleans. He worked to complete a Masters degree in poetry and black literature at Goddard College in Vermont (1974). He married Roberta "Bobbi" Yancy, a friend he had met through the FST, on April 6, 1974, at Christ Chapel Riverside Church in New York. The couple was often separated by work and location and divorced in 1980. During this period, Dent's first volume of poetry, Magnolia Street (1976), was published and described by David Henderson as a "heavy trip through New Orleans." These poems were devoted to local places and events, such as the Mardi Gras parade of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, the lakefront, the balcony of the Orpheum Theater, and the local culture and society of New Orleans.

The mid-to-late seventies was a turning point in Dent's work as he became involved in documenting events through oral history projects. He received grants to conduct oral history projects of Mississippi civil rights workers (1978-1985) and interviews of New Orleans and Acadian musicians (1984). He worked with photographer Roy Lewis, to conduct oral histories documenting the isolated historic Louisiana Black communities along the Mississippi River from Phoenix to Donaldsonville (1976-1980). Lewis also worked as Dent's photographer for the Mississippi oral history project. Dent continued his literary work as co-founder of Callaloo (1976 - ), an African American southern journal of arts and letters, with Charles H. Rowell.

As early as 1979, Dent was working on the autobiography of his childhood friend, Andrew Young. Though he was officially hired as a consultant (1981-1982), he continued to work on the book until 1986. Dent traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, to conduct a series of interviews with Young, then researched New Orleans and civil rights era history for the draft of the book, with the working title "An Easy Burden" (1982).

The eighties continued to be a period of creative, community, and historical writing projects for Dent. He wrote a screenplay with Michael Goodwin entitled "Heaven Before I Die" (1984) and published another book of poetry, Blue Lights and River Songs (1982). Throughout Dent's life, he was a prolific writer of journals and notebooks. In 1986, he started work on a book with the working title "New Orleans Journal," which would encompass numerous prose sketches on New Orleans parades, streets, neighborhoods, funerals, politics, music, and portraits written from 1968 to 1975.

Dent was the executive director of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, Inc. (1987-1990). He wrote the documentary New Orleans Brass (1990), commissioned by the National Geographic Explorer television series, which was produced and directed by veteran filmmaker St. Clair Bourne. The production was coordinated by Kalamu ya Salaam and Bright Moments, Inc.

Oral history projects continued to dominate much of Dent's work as he set out again to document historic Black communities and the era of civil rights, by expanding his interviews beyond Mississippi and the River to encompass what he considered the "Deep South," the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina (1991-1996). The culmination of hundreds of interviews resulted in his book, Southern Journey: A Return to the Civil Rights Movement (1997).

Thomas Covington Dent died on June 6, 1998, at the age of 66 in New Orleans.

Administrative Information

Accruals: There were two additions to the Tom Dent papers. The first, received in 1991, consisted of his literary manuscripts, voluminous oral histories, and memorabilia. The second addition, received in 1998, encompassed the bulk of the papers, as well as Mr. Dent's library collection.

Access Restrictions: The Tom Dent papers are open and available for research use.

Use Restrictions: Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.

Technical Access Note: The 1/4 inch open reel audiotapes and microcassettes are currently unavailable for research use. All other audiovisual materials are open, please contact the reference desk at (504) 862-3222 for access.

Acquisition Source: Tom Dent

Acquisition Method: Gift

Appraisal Information: The Tom Dent papers are a rich documentary source for research in the areas of the Black Arts Movement, Civil Rights Movement, African American literature, and New Orleans culture and society.

Separated Materials: The library collection of Tom Dent is held within the Amistad Research Center library, please contact the reference desk at (504) 862-3222 for more information.

Related Materials:

Thomas Covington Dent was the son of Albert and Jessie Dent, whose papers are also held by the Amistad Research Center as the Dent Family papers. The following collections contain correspondence and other records generated by Tom Dent: Nkombo Publications records, Dent Family papers, and Free Southern Theater records. The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation Oral History collection was a project Dent conducted that was commissioned by the Foundation in 1984 to document New Orleans Jazz and Acadian musicians. Other related collections include the Jason Berry papers, the Harold Battiste papers, Junebug Productions records, John O'Neal papers, Kim Lacy Rogers-Glenda Stevens Oral History collection, and the Treme Oral History collection.

The Amistad Research Center also houses Tom Dent's personal library of 1500+ volumes.

Related Publications:

Dent, Tom, Southern Journey: A Return to the Civil Rights Movement (New York: William Morrow, 1997), 1-400.

Young, Andrew, Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America (New York: HarpersCollins Publishers, 1996), 1-550.

Preferred Citation: Tom Dent papers, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Processing Information: This collection was processed from July 2008 to November 2010.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Correspondence and Other Materials, 1928, 1941-1998],
[Series 2: Writings, 1959-1997],
[Series 3: Journals and Notebooks, 1959-1998],
[Series 4: Oral History and Audiovisual Collection, 1965-1998],
[Series 5: Project Files, 1966-1998],
[Series 6: Financial Records, 1959-1998],
[Series 7: Photographs, 1947-1998],
[Series 8: Memorabilia, News Clippings and Realia, 1861-1998],
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Series 4: Oral History and Audiovisual Collection, 1965-1998

Dent's collection of oral histories, poetry readings, lectures, and performances are extensive, encompassing 905 individual audio recordings dating from 1965 to his passing in 1998. The bulk of the collection documents the modern Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s through three main oral history projects; the Mississippi Oral History Collection (1978-1983), the Andrew Young Oral History Collection (1980-1985), and the Southern Journey Oral History Collection (1992-1997). The main strengths of these interviews are the activities and projects of civil rights workers and organizations, first-hand accounts of police brutality and harassment, and the lives and trials of the African American community during this volatile and intense period in American history. The second focus of the collection is on jazz, particularly New Orleans jazz, the jazz funeral, brass bands, festivals, and local musicians. There are twenty years of recorded performances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (1974-1994), as well as individual performances at local venues throughout New Orleans. The third focus of the collection is on African American literature in the form of recorded poetry readings and lectures.

The oral history and audiovisual collection has been divided into five sub-series; Mississippi Oral History Collection (1978-1983), the Andrew Young Oral History Collection (1980-1985), the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Collection (1974-1994), the Southern Journey Oral History Collection (1992-1997), and the Tom Dent Individual Audiovisual Collection (1965-1998). The bulk of the recordings are in the form of standard size audiocassettes, though there are microcassettes, open reel audiotape, and video recordings in VHS format within the collection.

Of note are 50 interviews with Andrew Young regarding his first-hand account as a participant in the Civil Rights Movement; SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) involvement and activities; his friendship with Martin Luther King Jr.; as well as King's assassination in 1968. Interviews documenting the work of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), Fannie Lou Hamer, and the Freedom Democratic Party are also found within the collection. Literary readings are extensive and include readings by Tom Dent, the Congo Square Poets, Kalamu ya Salaam, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Keorapetse Kgositsile, David Henderson, Ishmael Reed, Lorenzo Thomas, and James Baldwin. Performances held throughout New Orleans dating from the 1970s include the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Abdullah Ibrahim, Danny Barker, Alvin Batiste, Walter Washington, Kidd Jordon, Ellis Marsalis, and Paul Robeson Jr.

Sub-Series 1: Mississippi Oral History Collection, 1978-1983

This collection contains 47 individual narratives in standard audiocassette form of interviews with civil rights workers and members of the African American community twenty years after the most intensive days of the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi. The interviews are arranged in general chronological order by year date and topics covered throughout the narratives include the beginnings of the Movement in Mississippi, civil rights workers activities and living conditions, harassment and violence against the community, politics, 1964 Freedom Summer, the Freedom Democratic Party and Fannie Lou Hamer, and CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) and SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) personnel and programs. Of note are a few narratives that detail the state of racial progress at the time of the interviews 15 to 20 years later in small Mississippi towns.

Dent's personal interest in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi was to capture the stories not covered by the broadcasting industry in America and evolved from his experiences touring with the Free Southern Theater in the late 1960s. He considered Mississippi at that time the "heart" of the southern Civil Rights Movement and realized a project to document the events, people, and places in Mississippi would be invaluable to the African American community and scholarly research by providing a historical record of the struggles for equality in America.

Interviewees of note include John Buffington and the involvement of SNCC; Matthew Suarez and the beginnings of CORE; Bob "Big Daddy" Costley regarding the Free Southern Theater and the Deacons for Defense in Jonesboro, Louisiana; Annie Devine, an early CORE worker in Canton; and Eunita Blackwell on early SNCC workers. Lastly, of interest are audiocassettes of the 1978 Tougaloo Symposium with Jerry Ward and Tom Dent, with presentations and discussions by Annie Devine and Unita Blackwell.

Box 137

Item 1: John Buffington Interviewee, 1978 August 16: Topics include: The origins of the West Point, Mississippi Movement, 1964-1966.
Item 2: John Buffington Interviewee [continued], 1978 August 17
Item 3: John Buffington Interviewee: Oxford, Ohio and Columbus, Mississippi, 1977 July 13
Item 4: Owen Brooks Interviewee [continued], 1978 August 18: Topics include: The Delta Ministry in Greenville, Mississippi.
Item 5: Owen Brooks Interviewee continued, 1978 August 18
Item 6: Mary Hightower Interviewee: Durant, Mississippi, 1978 August 20: Topics include: The Holmes County struggle.
Item 7: Matthew Suarez Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1977 July 31: Topics Include: The work of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) in New Orleans.
Item 8: Matthew Suarez Interviewee [continued]: Canton, Mississippi, 1977 July 31
Item 9: Robert Costley Interviewee, 1979 April 22: Topics include: The early years of the Free Southern Theater, 1964-1965 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Item 10: Annie Devine Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1976 September 17
Item 11: Annie Devine Interviewee [continued]: Canton, Mississippi, 1976 September 17
Item 12: Worth Long Interviewee: Greenville, Mississippi, 1979 July 29: Topics include: Little Rock, Arkansas and Mississippi SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee).
Item 13: June Johnson Interviewee: Greenwood, Mississippi, 1979 July 22: Topics Include: The Greenwood, Mississippi civil rights struggle.
Item 14: June Johnson Interviewee [continued]: Greenwood, Mississippi, 1979 July 22
Item 15: June Johnson Interviewee [continued]: Greenwood, Mississippi, 1979 July 22
Item 16: Jesse Morris Interviewee: Jackson, Mississippi, 1979 July 20: Topics include: SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) and COFO (Council of Federated Organizations).
Item 17: Jesse Morris Interviewee [continued]: Jackson, Mississippi, 1979 July 20: Topics include: SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), the disintegration of COFO (Council of Federated Organizations), and Willie Peacock on Greenville meeting regarding the Freedom Summer.
Item 18: Jesse Morris Interviewee: Jackson, Mississippi, 1979 July 31: Topics include: The origins and purpose of the Poor People's Corporation.
Item 19: Howard Gunn Interviewee: West Point, Mississippi, 1979 July 26: Topics include: Okalora and shooting.
Item 20: Worth Long Interviewee: Greenville, Mississippi, 1979 July 29: [Tape number 2, see tape number 12]
Item 21: Worth Long Interviewee [continued]: Greenville, Mississippi, 1979 July 29: [Tape number 3, see tape number 12]
Item 22: Harry Bowie Interviewee: McComb, Mississippi, 1979 May 28
Item 23: Willie Peacock Interviewee: Jackson, Mississippi, 1979 November 2: Topics include: Greenwood, Mississippi.
Item 24: Willie Peacock Interviewee [continued]: Jackson, Mississippi, 1979 November 2
Item 25: Ed Brown Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 July 2: Topics include: The Baton Rouge Movement and SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) participation and an analysis of the Mississippi Movement.
Item 26: Ed Brown Interviewee [continued]: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 July 2: Topics include: An assessment of Southern University demonstrations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Item 27: Mary Ann Davidson Interviewee: Columbus, Mississippi, 1979 July 26: Topics include: Columbus and Holly Springs, Mississippi.
Item 28: Hollis Watkins Interviewee: Jackson, Mississippi, 1979 November 3
Item 29: Mrs. Winson Hudson Interviewee: Harmony, Mississippi, 1979 August 1
Item 30: Mrs. Winson Hudson Interviewee [continued]: Harmony, Mississippi, 1979 August 1
Item 31: Robert Young Interviewee: Greenville, Mississippi, 1979 July 23
Item 32: Unita Blackwell Interviewee: Friars Point, Mississippi, 1978 August 19: On Isaquera County.
Item 33: Harry Bowie Interviewee: McComb, Mississippi, 1979 June 10
Item 34: Tougaloo Symposium with Annie Devine and Unita Blackwell: Tougaloo, Mississippi, 1978 November 9: The symposium took place in the Tougaloo College Chapel.

Box 138

Item 35: Tougaloo Symposium with Annie Devine and Unita Blackwell [continued]: Tougaloo, Mississippi, 1978 November 9
Item 36: Tougaloo Symposium Discussion: Tougaloo, Mississippi, 1978 November 9
Item 37: Worth Long Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 February 18: Topics include: Mississippi and Alabama.
Item 38: Charlie Cobb Interviewee: Washington, D.C., 1983 February 11: Topics include: The Mississippi Movement.
Item 39: Charles Cobb Interviewee [continued]: Washington, D.C., 1983 February 11: Side B: Panel on Autobiography/Joanne Braxton.
Item 40: C. O. Chinn Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1983 March 27
Item 41: C. O. Chinn Interviewee [continued]: Canton, Mississippi, 1983 March 27
Item 42: Program Honoring C. O. Chinn: Canton, Mississippi, 1982 July 3
Item 43: Jerome Smith Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 September 23: [Original audiocassette missing, duplicate available]
Item 44: John O'Neal Interviewee, 1983 September 25: [Original audiocassette missing, duplicate available]
Item 45: John O'Neal Interviewee [continued], 1983 September 25: Topics include: The Free Southern Theater.
Item 46: Dave Dennis Interviewee: Lafayette, Louisiana, 1983 October 8
Item 47: Dave Dennis Interviewee [continued]: Lafayette, Louisiana, 1983 October 8

Sub-Series 2: Andrew Young Oral History Collection, 1980-1981, 1985

The Andrew Young Oral History Collection encompasses 50 individual interviews conducted from 1980 to 1985 as part of Dent's work on the autobiography of Young. As early as 1979, Dent was working on the autobiography of his childhood friend, Andrew Young, though he wasn't officially hired as a consultant until 1981 to 1982 and he continued to work on the book until 1986. Dent traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, to conduct a series of interviews with Young, then researched New Orleans and civil rights era history for the draft of the book, with the working title "An Easy Burden."

The Young interviews provide a first hand account of the events, leadership, and various campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as Young's childhood, work in the National Council of Churches, as a Congressman from Georgia, and United Nations Ambassador. The interviews provide numerous portraits of the SCLC leadership and civil rights workers including Hosea Williams, Ralph Abernathy, Wyatt Walker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Randolph Blackwell, Dorothy Cotton, Stan Levinson and of course Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The events and campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement are detailed for St. Augustine (Florida), Albany (Georgia), Selma (Alabama) and the Voting Rights Campaign, the Chicago Movement, and the Meredith March. Young provides detailed accounts of the FBI's harassment of Martin Luther King and SCLC staff, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis in 1968, and comments on what Young believes were the factors that produced the Civil Rights Movement of the sixties. Additional topics within the interviews include the Poor People's Campaign, the Vietnam Peace Movement, Young's Congressional Campaign and work as the UN Ambassador to Africa. Additional interviews within the oral history collection include interviews with Young's wife, Jean Childs Young, Dorothy Cotton, and Stoney Cooks.

The collection has been arranged in chronological order according to the date of the interview. At the end of the sub-series are 11 audiocassettes containing dictation and discussions regarding the book concept and outline.

Box 138

Item 1: Discussion on Birmingham Campaign, 1980 February 23
Item 2: Discussion on Birmingham Campaign [continued], 1980 February 23
Item 3: Andrew Young Interviewee: King Stories, 1981 May 8: Topics include: Martin Luther King after Harlem stabbing and the Mountaintop Phase, impressions of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), leadership theories, comparison with Ralph (Abernathy), and his (Andrew Young's) perception at end.
Item 4: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1980 May 22: Topics include: information about father's family, Cleveland Street Neighborhood, and Cleveland House.
Item 5: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1980 May 22
Item 6: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1980 May 22: Topics include: Gilbert Academy, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Item 7: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1980 May 22, June 22
Item 8: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1980 June 22: Topics include: Hartford and ministry decision.
Item 9: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1980 June 30: Topics include: Andrew Young's father and time in Thomasville, Georgia.
Item 10: Andrew Young Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 June 30: Topics include: Continuation of comments regarding Thomasville, Georgia.
Item 11: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1980 July 7: Topics include: Dorchester, Georgia and the arrest of Mrs. Hamer (Fannie Lou Hamer).
Item 12: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 July 7: Topics include: Leaving Thomasville, Georgia to go to the NCC (National Council of Churches), NCC and earlier 1953 conference in Atlanta, NCC conferences and later world conferences, and arguments about the Movement (riots).
Item 13: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 July 8: Topics include: St. Augustine Movement, SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) staff, and comments on Hosea Williams, James Bevel (sic), Ralph Abernathy, and Wyatt Walker.
Item 14: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 July 8: Topics include: Albany (Georgia) and the Movement structure, the structure of Birmingham workshops, Young in jail in Savannah (Georgia), factors that produced sixties, and Southern (sic) Rural Action Project.
Item 15: Andrew Young Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 July 19: Topics include: Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King, Jr., J. Edgar Hoover, and NCC (National Council of Churches).
Item 16: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1980 July 19, August 5: Topics include: Martin Luther King, Jr., Selma, Alabama and the Voting Rights Campaign in Alabama.
Item 17: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 August 5: Topics include: Selma Campaign, march to Montgomery, and conflicts with SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference).
Item 18: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 August 5: Topics include: Completion of comments regarding the Selma March and Meredith March.
Item 19: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 August 20: Topics include: Walter Young, Watts (California), and the Chicago Movement.
Item 20: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 August 20: Topics include: Continuation of comments regarding the Chicago Movement and Meredith March.
Item 21: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 August 20: Topics include: Continuation of comments regarding the Meredith March, FDP (Freedom Democratic Party) 1964 Compromise, and the King Assassination.
Item 22: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 August 20: Topics include: SNCC (Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee), SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), and the Vietnam Peace Movement.
Item 23: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 August 20 - 21: Topics include: Continuation of comments regarding the Vietnam Peace Movement, the Poor People's Campaign and Memphis, and the beginnings of Assassination (of King). Additional topics covered include Lyndon B. Johnson's attitude toward Martin Luther King, Jr. and FBI harassment.

Box 139

Item 1: Daisy Young Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 October 28
Item 2: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 November 24: Topics include: Young on growing up in New Orleans, Gilbert Academy, Cleveland Avenue, Dryades YMCA in New Orleans, and Butler Street YMCA in Atlanta.
Item 3: Andrew Young Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 December 21: Topics include: The NCC (National Council of Churches) job, New York experience, the period of transition, and Martin Luther King, Jr. (sic) regarding Young.
Item 4: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1981 January 22: Topics include: Insertions on Kings Mountain, Texas conference, Thomasville (Georgia), and meeting Jean.
Item 5: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1981 January 22: Topics include: Leaving Thomasville (Georgia).
Item 6: Jean Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 January 22: Topics include: Marriage, Thomasville (Georgia), and New York.
Item 7: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1981 February 17: Topics include: Birmingham (Alabama) sites, Los Angeles (California) speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. portrait, and shotgun house.
Item 8: Jean Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 February 18
Item 9: Andrew Young Interviewee: Miami, Florida, 1981 March 18
Item 10: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1981 May 7: Topics include: Portraits of King people, including Septima Clark, Randolph Blackwell, Dorothy Cotton, Belafonte, and Stan Levinson.
Item 11: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 May 7: Topics include: Portraits of SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) people, Stan Levinson, and the Poor People's Campaign.
Item 12: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1981 May 8: Topics include: Movement personalities, Charleston Hospital strike, disaffection with SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), portrait of Hosea Williams, fear and how we dealt with it.
Item 13: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 May 28: Topics include: Congressional Campaign (1970-1972).
Item 14: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 May 28: Topics include: The mayoral race, Stoney Cooks, and 1970 Congressional Campaign.
Item 15: Stoney Cooks Interviewee, 1981 May 28: Topics include: Selma (Alabama) Movement, Meredith March, SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) organization, scope of project, Martin Luther King Jr. and his desire for administration to run SCLC, Young's influence inside SCLC, Young's monitions (sic) Chicago, staff involvement in Vietnam Peace Movement, how MLK was addressed by staff, and impressions of MLK.
Item 16: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 May 29: Topics include: Congressional Campaign, issues, day of first victory, theory, Congressional period and evaluation.
Item 17: Andrew Young Interviewee [continued]: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 May 29: Topics include: Congressional issues.

Box 140

Item 1: Jean Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 May 29: Topics include: The family's return to the South, Albany, St. Augustine, Birmingham, and King.
Item 2: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 May 31: Topics include: Birmingham (Alabama), how decisions were made, Congressional period and how Congress works, various coalitions, Black Caucus, Watergate and the resignation of Richard Nixon, support of Ford from VP, Bolling (sic) group, and congression (sic) of Southeast region.
Item 3: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 May 31: Topics include: Comments on Dorothy Cotton, Hosea Williams, "My Soul is Rested," Children in Birmingham (Alabama), Jim Lawson (sic), assassination (of Martin Luther King Jr.) in Memphis, other cities during the time of Birmingham, Albany (Georgia), Americas (sic) jail, and Shuttlesworth.
Item 4: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 June 1: Topics include: The structure of Congressional office and campaign, comments on films, Stoney's role, comments on the films "Montgomery to Memphis" and Legacy of a Dream."
Item 5: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 June 2: Topics include: Nixon's Southern strategy, tennis, Congressional period, and South African trip with Arthur Ashe.
Item 6: Andrew Young Interviewee [continued]: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 June 2: Topics include: Tennis.
Item 7: Andrew Young Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 July 18: Topics include: United Nations period, initial contact with (Jimmy) Carter, after declaration of Carter 1975, and discussion of Carter campaign.
Item 8: Andrew Young Interviewee: North Georgia, 1981 July 21: Topics include: Carter election, 1976 Democratic Convention, Young's role and growing interest in Africa policy, appointments, offer by Carder of the United Nation position and reaction.
Item 9: Andrew Young Interviewee: North Georgia, 1981 July 21: Topics include: The decision to take the United Nations job, talks with Carter during transition, talk with Vance, agreements with Carter, first African trip and impressions of leaders, and approach to Zimbabwe to Namibia.
Item 10: Andrew Young Interviewee: North Georgia, 1981 July 21: Topics include: Regarding United Nations African policy, Nigeria, Tanzania, impressions of African leaders in Nigeria, Liberia, and Ivory Coast.
Item 11: Andrew Young Interviewee: North Georgia, 1981 July 23: Topics include: United Nations world view, United Nations style and concept of style, United Nations style and press relationships, entertainers and southern movement, and impressions of African leaders of the Ivory Coast,
Item 12: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 July 24: Topics include: United Nations world view continued, unraveling of Carter administration initiative for Afghanistan, Iran, and trying to one up Russians and Caribbean, summary of African policy, assessment of Nkombo (sic) vs. Mugabe (sic), Namibia, South Africa core issues, and resignation from the UN.
Item 13: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 July 25: Topics include: Resignation from the United Nations.
Item 14: Dorothy Cotton Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 July 27: Topics include: Dorchester and comments on Southern Movement with John Lewis, comments on King movie, Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, and assessment of Andrew Young.
Item 15: Dorothy Cotton Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 July 29: Topics include: Continuation of assessment of Andrew Young.
Item 16: Walter Young and Stoney Cooks Interviewees: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 July 25, July 28: Topics include: Stoney Cooks' resignation.
Item 17: Stoney Cooks Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 July 28: Topics include: Stoney Cooks' resignation continued.

Box 141

Item 1: Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 December 12: Topics include: King insertions including Martin Luther King Jr. speeches, dancing, Belafonte, 1966, Paris, attitude toward music, singing after sermons, and party at Blackwell's. Also, regarding resignation and United Nations liberation policies.
Item 2: Jean Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 December 31: Topics include: The Selma Campaign, Meredith March, Carter's call, the United Nations period, why Andrew Young changed, problems of readjustment to New York, living at the Waldorf, and social life.
Item 3: Jean Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1981 December 31: Topics include: The United Nations period, press, resignation, and travel.
Item 4: Andrew Young Interviewee, 1984 February 1: Topics include: Martin Luther King Jr. and father.
Item 5: Andrew Young's inserts for manuscript, 1984 August 6: Topics include: Inserts on Martin Luther King Jr., Hartford, etc.
Item 6: Andrew Young on various clean up notes for manuscript, 1984 November 17
Item 7: Jean Young Interviewee: telephone, 1985 May 13: Topics include: Marion, courtship, marriage, and Thomasville (Georgia).
Item 8: Jean Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1985 June 26
Item 9: Andrew Young's speech before the LINKS, undated: [audiocassette is not labeled]
Item 10: Book concept discussion with Nessa I, 1984 January 6
Item 11: Book concept discussion II, undated
Item 12: Book concept discussions with Nessa III, 1984 January 10
Item 13: Book concept discussion with Nessa IV, undated
Item 14: Book outline discussion with Nessa I, 1985 March 4
Item 15: Book outline discussion with Nessa II, undated
Item 16: Book outline discussion with Nessa III, undated
Item 17: Book outline discussion with Nessa IV, undated

Box 142

Item 1: Book outline discussion with Nessa V, 1985 June 3
Item 2: Book outline discussion with Bantam and Nessa publishing IV, 1984 December 1
Item 3: Manuscript prologue draft, undated

Sub-Series 3: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Collection, 1974-1994

Dent was very enamored of music, particularly jazz and New Orleans brass bands, throughout his lifetime. This collection of personal tapes spans twenty years of performances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival totaling 67 standard audiocassettes. The collection is arranged in chronological order, with the earliest recordings dating from 1974, four years after Jazz Fest first got underway. Of note are performances by Dave Brubeck, Danny Barker, Willie Metcalf, Ellis Marsalis Jr., Alvin Batiste, Walter Washington, the Olympia Brass Band and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Some recordings contain other materials, such as an interview with Askia Muhammed (1989) and have been noted in the item description.

Box 142

Item 4: 1974 [New Orleans] Jazz Festival, 1974 March 11

Performances: Lightnin Hopkins and Walter Washington.

Item 5: 1974 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1974 April 20

Item 6: 1974 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1974 April 20

Item 7: 1974 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1974 April 20

Performances: Clifton Chenier (sic) and Gatemouth Brown.

Item 8: 1975 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1975 April 26

Item 9: 1975 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1975 April 26

Performances: Roosevelt Sykes.

Item 10: 1975 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1975 April 26

Performances: Danny and Lu Barker.

Item 11: 1977 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1977 April 23

Performances: Walter Washington.

Side A: Funeral of Albert Burbank (sic) with Olympia Band, 1976 August 20.

Item 12: 1977 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1977 April 24

Performances: Walter Washington, Olympia (Brass Band), Clifton Chenier, and Willie Metcalf, etc.

Item 13: 1977 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1977 April 24

Performances: Willie Metcalf, Second Line Onward Brass Band, and Fats Domino.

Item 14: 1978 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1978 April 14

Performances: Dave Brubeck.

Item 15: 1978 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1978 April 13

Performances: McCoy Tyner.

Item 16: 1978 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1978 April 15

Performances: Alvin Batiste and Hubert Laws.

Item 17: 1978 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1978 April 15

Performances: Ellis Marsalis, Willie T, Onward Brass Band, and Dave Brubeck.

Item 18: 1978 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1978 April 15

Performances: Onward Brass Band, B.B. King, Gospel Tent, and Ellis Marsalis.

Item 19: 1978 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1978 April 16

Performances: Marching bands, southern band, Indians, and Gospel Soul Children.

Box 143

Item 1: 1978 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1979 April 16: Performances: Alvin Batiste, Muddy Waters, and Wild Tchopitoulas.
Item 2: 1979 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1979 May 4: Performances: Lionel Hampton, Olatviji (sic) World Orchestra.
Item 3: 1979 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1979 May 4: Performances: Sun Ra (end of set), and Dizzy Gillespie.
Item 4: 1979 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1979 May 5: Performances: Olatviji (sic) Big Band, Sun Ra, Indian chants, and various stages.
Item 5: 1979 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1979 May 5: Performances: Olatviji (Big Band), Danny and Lu Barker, and Sun Ra.
Item 6: 1979 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1979 May 6: Performances: Sun Ra (Jazz Tent), various artists, and Walter Washington.
Item 7: 1980 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1980 April 17: Performances: Lee Dorsey, Blues Superstars Riverboat, James Rivers, James Booker, and Walter Washington.
Item 8: 1980 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1980 April 17: Performances: Blues Superstars Riverboat, and Allen Toussaint.
Item 9: 1980 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1980 April 18: Performances: Congo Square reading at Koindu (sic) and Walter Washington.
Item 10: 1980 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1980 April 19: Performances: Clyde Kerr, Lightnin Hopkins, and Kid London.
Item 11: 1980 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1980 April 20: Performances: Srooks Erglin (sic), Etta James, Odelta (sic), and Alvin Batiste.
Item 12: 1980 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1980 April 26: Performances: Robert Pete Williams, Gill Scott Herron, and the Gospel Tent.
Item 13: 1980 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1980 April 28: Performances: Robert Pete Williams and Clifton Chenier.
Item 14: 1981 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1981 May 2: Performances: Sun Ra.
Item 15: 1981 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1981 May 2: Performances: Improvisational Jazz Group.
Item 16: 1981 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1981 May 9: Performances: Tuxedo Band (sic), Cecil Taylor, Bongo Joe, and Willie Metcalf.
Item 17: 1981 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1981 May 9: Performances: Gospel Soul Children.

Box 144

Item 1: 1981 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1981 May 10: Performances: Willie Metcalf, Danny Barker, White Eagles, Blue Lu Barker, Dave Bartholomew, Andoin Family, and Gospel Soul Children.
Item 2: 1983 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1983 May 8: Performances: Pharaoh Sanders (sic).
Item 3: 1983 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1983 May 8: Performances: Belize Turtle Band.
Item 4: 1984 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1984: Performances: Ed Blackwell, Gospel Soul Children, Olympia (Brass) Band, and Woodie Stand (sic).
Item 5: 1984 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1984 April 28: Performances: Abdullah Ibrahim.
Item 6: 1984 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1984 April 29: Performances: Abdullah Ibrahim.
Item 7: 1986 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1986
Item 8: 1986 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1986
Item 9: 1987 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1987 April 24: Performances: Timeless All-Stars.
Item 10: 1987 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1987 April 26: Performances: Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Women of the Calabush.
Item 11: 1987 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1987 April 26: Performances: Toots and The Maytals.
Item 12: 1987 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1987 May 2: Performances: Ellis Marsalis with Loynton (sic).
Item 13: 1987 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1987 May 2: Performances: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Neville Brothers (Riverboat), St. Bernard Club, and Sunny Ade (sic) Riverboat.
Item 14: 1988 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1988 April 24: Performances: Mighty Sparrow, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and Hugh Masakela.
Item 15: 1989 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1989 May 2: Performances: Miles Davis.
Item 16: 1989 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1989: Performances Max Roach Quintet.
Item 17: 1989 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1989: Performances: New Orleans Expatriots Concert and Harold Battiste.

Box 145

Item 1: 1989 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1989

Performances: Ant Blakely and Expatriots.

Includes: Interview with Tom Dent by Askia Muhammed.

Item 2: 1989 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1989

Includes: Media Pasel moderated by Julian Bond.

Item 3: 1990 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1990

Performances: Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

Item 4: 1990 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1990

Performances: Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

Includes on Side B: Rev. Jean Pinson.

Item 5: 1992 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1992 May 2

Performances: Terrence Blankard (sic) and Danny Barker.

Includes on Side A: Marcus Christian Program with Joe Logsdon and Tom Dent.

Item 6: 1993 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1993 April 30

Performances: Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Tom Dent's commentary for WGBH Radio Boston.

Item 7: 1994 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1994 April 29

Performances: Danny Barker Memorial with Blue Lu Barker, Sylvia Barker, and Greg Stafford. Also, George Wein, Zairean (sic) Band, and Newport All-Stars.

Item 8: 1994 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, 1994 April 30

Performances: Danny Barker Jazz Howls (sic) with Blue Lu Barker, Sylvia Barker and Greg Stafford.

Item 9: WGBH Radio Boston presents: New Orleans, 92! (1 of 4), 1992

from the 1992 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Produces by WGBH Radio, Boston in association with WWOZ and WRBH, New Orleans and WPFW, Washington, D.C.

Item 10: WGBH Radio Boston presents: New Orleans, 92! (2 of 4), 1992

from the 1992 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Produces by WGBH Radio, Boston in association with WWOZ and WRBH, New Orleans and WPFW, Washington, D.C.

Item 11: WGBH Radio Boston presents: New Orleans, 92! (3 of 4), 1992

from the 1992 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Produces by WGBH Radio, Boston in association with WWOZ and WRBH, New Orleans and WPFW, Washington, D.C.

Item 12: WGBH Radio Boston presents: New Orleans, 92! (4 of 4), 1992

from the 1992 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Produces by WGBH Radio, Boston in association with WWOZ and WRBH, New Orleans and WPFW, Washington, D.C.

Item 13: WGBH Radio Boston presents: New Orleans, 93!: 1 of 4, 1993

from the 1993 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. New Orleans, '93! is produces and distributed by WGBH Radio Boston in association with WWOZ-FM New Orleans, WRBH-FM New Orleans, WPFW-FM Washington, DC and WHYY-FM Philadelphia.

Item 14: WGBH Radio Boston presents: New Orleans, 93! (2 of 4), 1993

Item 15: WGBH Radio Boston presents: New Orleans, 93! (3 of 4), 1993

Item 16: WGBH Radio Boston presents: New Orleans, 93! (4 of 4), 1993

Item 17: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, undated

Performances: Don Cherry in Jazz Tent.

Sub-Series 4: Southern Journey Oral History Collection, 1990-1992, 1994, 1997

The inspiration to pursue the documentary and book project Southern Journey: A Return to the Civil Rights Movement stemmed from Dent's experience with the Mississippi Oral History Project (1978-1983) and the amount of research and writing materials he had compiled during his work on Andrew Young’s autobiography. This collection of oral histories, the bulk of which were done from 1990 to 1992, contains 174 standard size audiocassettes and 52 microcassettes of narratives by individuals and civil rights workers describing the activities and people involved in the Civil Rights Movement in the southern states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. The narratives also detail daily life for the African American community during this volatile period in the United States.

The collection is arranged according to Dent's sections of his book, which was done by town and state according to his travels to Greensboro (North Carolina), Orangeburg and Charleston (South Carolina), St. Augustine (Florida), Albany (Georgia), Selma (Alabama) and various towns in Mississippi. The interviews are arranged in alphabetical order within these town and state groups. The bulk of the microcassettes located at the end of the collection contain Dent's manuscript dictation for the book, with topics noted when available on the cassette labels. Interviews of note include, John Marshall Kilimanjaro (Greensboro, North Carolina), Annie Devine (Canton, Mississippi), L.C. Dorsey (Mound Bayou, Mississippi), and Andrew Young (Atlanta, Georgia). Many interviewees from Mississippi have earlier narratives found within the Mississippi Oral History Collection series.

Box 146

Item 1: Alma S. Adams Interviewee: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 February 1: Topics include: Greensboro City Council.
Item 2: Lewis A. Brandon III: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 January 30
Item 3: Carolyn Q. Coleman: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 February 4
Item 4: Carl O. Foster: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 February 3: Topics include: Cultural activities in Greensboro.
Item 5: John Hope Franklin: Durham, North Carolina, 1991 June 12: [Interviewed via telephone]
Item 6: Harvey Gantt: Charlotte, North Carolina, 1991 April 25
Item 7: Warmoth T. Gibbs: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 February 2
Item 8: Warmoth T. Gibbs [continued]: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 February 2
Item 9: Sol Jacobs: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 February 1: Side B: Jimmy Williams, A & T Music Department.
Item 10: Nelson Johnson: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 January 29
Item 11: Nelson Johnson Interviewee [continued]: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 February 3: Topics include: Decision to join ministry.
Item 12: John Marshall Kilimanjaro Interviewee: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 January 23
Item 13: John Marshal Kilimanjaro Interviewee: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 January 25
Item 14: John Marshall Kilimanjaro Interviewee: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 January 30
Item 15: John Marshall Kilimanjaro Interviewee [continued]: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 January 30
Item 16: John Marshal Kilimanjaro Interviewee [continued]: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 January 30
Item 17: Worth Long (sic) Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1991 February 7: Topics include: North Carolina and Durham.

Box 147

Item 1: Ike Madison Interviewee: Durham, North Carolina, 1991 January 25
Item 2: Hal Sieber Interviewee: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 January 26
Item 3: George Simkins Interviewee: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 January 24: [Joined by attorney Walter Johnson, member of the school board.]
Item 4: Samuel Cooper and Angelina Smith Interviewees: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1991 January 30
Item 5: H.D. Harvey Interviewee: Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1991 June 5
Item 6: Rickey Hill Interviewee: Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1991 April 10
Item 7: Rickey Hill Interviewee: Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1991 April 12: Topics include: Black state legislators convicted of bribery.
Item 8: Barbara Williams Jenkins Interviewee: Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1991 April 11
Item 9: Dean B. Livingston Interviewee: Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1991 June 5
Item 10: M. Maceo Nace, Jr. Interviewee: Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1991 April 13
Item 11: James Sulton, Sr. Interviewee: Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1991 April 16
Item 12: Cecil Williams Interviewee: Orangeburg, South Carolina, 1991 April 8
Item 13: Isaiah Bennett Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 20
Item 14: James G. Blake Interviewee: Monks Corner, South Carolina, 1991 May 15
Item 15: Millicent Brown Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 26: Topics include: L. Arthur Brown and Charleston NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
Item 16: Azikiwe T. Chandler Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 July 28
Item 17: Mignon L. Clyburn and Arleen B.C. Reid Interviewees: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 May 16

Box 148

Item 1: Miriam DeCosta-Willis Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 21
Item 2: Herbert U. Fielding Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 May 13
Item 3: Robert Ford Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 May 15
Item 4: Myrtle Glascoe Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 17
Item 5: Ethel J. Grimball Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 May 14
Item 6: Margaret Hammock Interviewee: Columbia, South Carolina, 1991 April 18
Item 7: Stephen Hoffious Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 30
Item 8: Jack A. McCray Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 7: Topics include: Orangeburg, South Carolina.
Item 9: Jack A. McCray Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 20: Topics include: Hospital strike settlement and Saunder's role.
Item 10: Jack A. McCray Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 20: Topics include: Charleston sites with Jack McCray.
Item 11: Mary A. Moultrie Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 16: Topics include: Hospital strike.
Item 12: Mary A. Moultrie Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 May 13
Item 13: Bernice V. Robinson Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 23
Item 14: Bernice V. Robinson Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 23
Item 15: William Saunders Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 April 19: Topics include: Hospital workers strike.
Item 16: William Saunders Interviewee: John's Island, South Carolina, 1991 April 28
Item 17: William Saunders Interviewee: John's Island, South Carolina, 1991 April 28

Box 149

Item 1: William Saunders Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 July 28
Item 2: Cleve Sellers Interviewee: Denmark, South Carolina, 1991 April 10
Item 3: Modjeska Simkins Interviewee: Columbia, South Carolina, 1991 April 9
Item 4: Henrietta Snype Interviewee: Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, 1991 May 15
Item 5: Mike Vanderhorst Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 June 7
Item 6: Naomi M. White Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 May 15: Topics include: Hospital workers strike.
Item 7: James Allen Interviewee: St. Augustine, Florida, 1991 July 5
Item 8: Gerald Eubanks Interviewee: St. Augustine, Florida, 1991 June 12: [joined by Caroline Proctor and Mignone (sic) Polland]
Item 9: Gerald Eubanks Interviewee: St. Augustine, Florida, 1991 June 12: [with Caroline Proctor and Mignone (sic) Polland.]
Item 10: Moses Floyd Interviewee: St. Augustine, Florida, 1991 June 13
Item 11: Moses Floyd Interviewee: St. Augustine, Florida, 1991 June 13
Item 12: James S. Jackson Interviewee: St. Augustine, Florida, 1991 July 6
Item 13: James S. Jackson Interviewee: St. Augustine, Florida, 1991 July 6
Item 14: Fred D. Richardson, Jr. Interviewee: St. Augustine, Florida, 1991 June 12
Item 15: Henry L. Twine Interviewee: St. Augustine, Florida, 1991 June 12
Item 16: Elaine Baker Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 15
Item 17: Jesse Boone Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 August 1

Box 150

Item 1: Juanita Sander Cribb Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 12
Item 2: Jeffrey Haile Interviewee: Albany, Georgia
Item 3: Rutha Harris Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 11
Item 4: T. Marshall Jones Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 30
Item 5: T. Marshall Jones Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 30: [Tape 2]
Item 6: Carol R. King Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 10
Item 7: Carol R. King Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 10: [Tape 2]
Item 8: Michael Moss Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 31
Item 9: Peggy Nielson Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 August 20
Item 10: Patricia J. Perry Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 31
Item 11: A.C. Searles Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 August 20
Item 12: Charles M. Sherrod Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 9
Item 13: Samuel B. Wells Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 8
Item 14: Samuel B. Wells Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 8: [Tape 2]
Item 15: Curtis L. Williams Interviewee: Albany, Georgia, 1991 July 31
Item 16: James Anderson Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 21
Item 17: Alvin Benn Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 10

Box 151

Item 1: Jo Anne Bland Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 22
Item 2: Bruce Boynton Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 9
Item 3: J.L. Chestnut, Jr. Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 5
Item 4: Alston Fitts Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 12
Item 5: Alston Fitts Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 12: [Tape 2]
Item 6: David W. Hodo Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 13
Item 7: Kevin Ladaris Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 22
Item 8: Chuddy N. Okoye Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 9
Item 9: Norward Roussell Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 6
Item 10: Henry "Hank" Sanders Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 Augsut 9
Item 11: Rose Sanders Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 8
Item 12: Albert Turner Interviewee: Selma, Alabama, 1991 August 7
Item 13: Eutaw Folk Festival: Eutaw, Alabama, 1991 August 24
Item 14: Unita Blackwell and Minnie Ripley Interviewees: Mayersville, Mississippi, 1990 August 28
Item 15: Unita Blackwell Interviewee: Mayersville, Mississippi, 1990 August 28
Item 16: Unita Blackwell Interviewee: Mayersville, Mississippi, 1992 October 13
Item 17: Unita Blackwell Interviewee: Mayersville, Mississippi, 1992 October 13: [Tape 2]

Box 152

Item 1: Harry Bowie and Owen H. Brooks Interviewees: Greenville, Mississippi, 1990 August 23
Item 2: Harry Bowie and Owen H. Brooks Interviewees: Greenville, Mississippi, 1990 August 23: [Tape 2]
Item 3: Owen H. Brooks Interviewee: Greenville, Mississippi, 1991 October 25
Item 4: Owen H. Brooks Interviewee: Greenville, Mississippi, undated
Item 5: John Buffington Interviewee: West Point, Mississippi, 1991 October 12
Item 6: Obie Clark Interviewee: Meridian, Mississippi, 1991 September 20
Item 7: Obie Clark Interviewee: Meridian, Mississippi, 1991 September 20: [Tape 2]
Item 8: Annie Devine and Jewel Williams Interviewees: Canton, Mississippi, 1993 February 28
Item 9: L.C. Dorsey Interviewee: Mound Bayou, Mississippi, 1991 October 18
Item 10: Mike Espy Interviewee: Greenville, Mississippi, 1991 October 21
Item 11: Wilma Falls Interviewee: West Point, Mississippi, 1991 October 7
Item 12: Michael W. Freeman Interviewee: Indianola, Mississippi, 1991 October 14
Item 13: Michael W. Freeman Interviewee: Indianola, Mississippi, 1991 October 21
Item 14: Clarence Hall Interviewee: Isaquera County, Mississippi, 1990 August 25: Side B: Minnie Ripley Interviewee, Mayersville, Mississippi.
Item 15: Sylvester Harris Interviewee: West Point, Mississippi, 1991 October 7
Item 16: Sylvester Harris Interviewee: West Point, Mississippi, 1991 October 7
Item 17: Betty Jo Himes and Bob Boyd Interviewees: Greenville, Mississippi, 1991 October 23

Box 153

Item 1: Winson Hudson Interviewee: Harmony, Mississippi, 1991 September 23
Item 2: Walter C. Jones Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1991 September 17
Item 3: Walter C. Jones and Karl M. Banks Interviewees: Canton, Mississippi, 1991 September 14
Item 4: Walter C. Jones and Karl M. Banks Interviewees: Canton, Mississippi, 1991 September 14: [Tape 2]
Item 5: Worth Long Interviewee: Port Gibson, Mississippi, 1991 October 5
Item 6: David Mathews Interviewee: Indianola, Mississippi, 1991 October 21
Item 7: Robert L. Merritt Interviewee: Indianola, Mississippi, 1991 October 16: Topics include: Indianola Public Schools.
Item 8: W.F. Minor Interviewee: Jackson, Mississippi, 1991 October 22
Item 9: Dick Molpus Interviewee: Jackson, Mississippi, 1991 October 15
Item 10: Dick Molpus Interviewee: Tylertown, Mississippi, 1994 January 11
Item 11: George C. Nichols Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1991 August 27
Item 12: Charles Pernell Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1991 September 19
Item 13: Carver A. Randle Interviewee: Indianola, Mississippi, 1991 October 22
Item 14: Oliver C. Rice Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1991 August 28: Topics include: Madison County School Desegregation.
Item 15: Roger T. Saucier Interviewee: Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1994 May 26
Item 16: Roger T. Saucier Interviewee: Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1994 May 26: [Tape 2]
Item 17: Shirley Simmons Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1991 September 16

Box 154

Item 1: Cornelius Steele Interviewee: Longdale, Mississippi, 1991 September 21

Item 2: Cornelius Steele Interviewee: Longdale, Mississippi, 1991 September 21

[Tape 2]

Item 3: Frank S. Street Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1991 September 17

Item 4: Charles W. Tisdale Interviewee: Jackson, Mississippi, 1991 August 28

Item 5: Bennie L. Turner Interviewee: West Point, Mississippi, 1991 October 8

Item 6: Johnnie E. Walls, Jr. Interviewee: Greenville, Mississippi, 1991 October 19

Item 7: George Washington Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1991 September 14

Item 8: Hollis Watkins Interviewee: driving through the Mississippi Delta, 1991 August 27

Item 9: Jewel Williams Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1991 September 18

Item 10: Jewel Williams Interviewee: Canton, Mississippi, 1991 September 18

[Tape 2]

Item 11: Lolis Elie Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994 March 5

Topics include: Gilbert Academy in New Orleans.

Item 12: Vertamae Grosvenor Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992 March 16

Topics include: Growing up in Beaufort, South Carolina.

Side B: Andrew Cordrescu and Tom Dent, four short essays for WGBH 1992 Jazz Festival Broadcast, 1992 March 24 and WWNO Studio.

Item 13: Norward Rosevelt Interviewee: Tuskegee, Alabama, 1994 October 8

[By telephone]

Item 14: Andrew Young Interviewee: Charleston, South Carolina, 1992 December 12

Topics include: Esaw (sic) Jenkins and civil rights workers.

Item 15: Andrew Young and Tom Dent: Atlanta History Center, 1997 May 31

Topics include: Discussion of book projects Southern Journey and An Easy Burden.

Item 16: Bob Zellner Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994 May 10

Item 17: Bob Zellner Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994 May 10

[Tape 2]

Item 18: Prologue and beginning: dictation, undated

Box 155

Item 1: Introductions to towns: dictation, undated
Item 2: Selma, Alabama: dictation, undated: [Tape 1]
Item 3: Selma, Alabama: dictation, undated: [Tape 2]
Item 4: Selma manuscript: dictation, 1995 February 17: [Tape 1]
Item 5: Selma manuscript: dictation, undated: [Tape 2]
Item 6: Selma manuscript: dictation, undated: [Tape 3]
Item 7: Selma manuscript: dictation, undated: [Tape 4]
Item 8: Selma manuscript: dictation, undated: [Tape 5]
Item 9: Selma manuscript: dictation, undated: [Tape 6]
Item 10: Selma manuscript: dictation, undated: [Tape 7]
Item 11: Selma manuscript: dictation, undated: [Tape 8]
Item 12: Selma manuscript: dictation, undated: [Tape 9]
Item 13: Mississippi manuscript: dictation, undated: [Tape 3]
Item 14: Mississippi manuscript: dictation, undated: [Tape 3]
Item 15: Mississippi manuscript: dictation, undated: [Tape 4]
Item 16: Borders Book Store: Greensboro, North Carolina, 1997 January 23: Includes: Reading by Clark Barnes in Birmingham, Alabama.
Item 17: Book signing at Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi, 1997 January 29

Box 156

Item 1: Black History Month Reception in Canton, Mississippi, 1997 January 31
Item 2: WWOZ Interview regarding Southern Journey: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1997 February 28
Item 3: Afternoon Magazine interview Tom Dent, Southern Journey: A Return to the Civil Rights Movement, 1997 September 3: On WILL A.M. 580 radio.
Item 4: Notes on St. Augustine, Albany, and Selma: microcassette, undated
Item 5: Mississippi, driving notes to Parchmon Prison and interview with L.C. Dorsey: microcassette, 1993 June 1
Item 6: Notes on Canton, Philadelphia, West Point and Indianola, Mississippi: microcassette, undated
Item 7: Notes on Mississippi: microcassette, undated
Item 8: Notes on draft I: microcassette, undated
Item 9: Notes on draft II: microcassette, undated
Item 10: Dent ideas: microcassette, 1992 March 21
Item 11: Notes 1: microcassette, 1990 August: Topics include: Reading/Poetry Association, Delta Notes, and Unita Blackwell.
Item 12: Notes 2: microcassette, 1990 September: Topics include: Clarence Hall, Mayersville (Mississippi), and completion of Hall.
Item 13: Notes 3: microcassette, September 1990
Item 14: Notes 4: microcassette, undated: Topics include: Interview with Nayo, Durham (North Carolina).
Item 15: Notes 5: microcassette, undated: Topics include: Greensboro (North Carolina) area general notes and Worth Long on Durham (North Carolina).
Item 16: Notes 6: microcassette, 1991 May 28: Topics include: Wesley Methodist Church, John's Island, Orangeburg (South Carolina), Charlotte (North Carolina), and (sic) College.
Item 17: Notes 7: microcassette, 1991 May 15: Topics include: Charleston Museum, McCray town, driving to Orangeburg (South Carolina), Reverend Harvey, (sic) Memorial, driving to Jacksonville and St. Augustine (Florida).
Item 18: Notes 8: microcassette, 1991 June 22: Topics include: Visit to Gonzales (Texas) with Jewel Sloan, Ladybelle's (Covington) property, Demintt (sic) Community to San Antonio (Texas).
Item 19: Notes 9: microcassette, 1991 April 7: Topics include: Entering Albany (Georgia) and town description, Samuel Wells, Columbus, Albany, and beginning to New Orleans.
Item 20: Notes 10: microcassette, 1991 August 1: Topics include: Leaving Albany (Georgia), Selma (Alabama) and the surrounding towns, Jackson (Florida), Eutaw Festival, and Canton (Mississippi).
Item 21: Notes 11: microcassette, 1991 September 14: Topics include: Canton (Mississippi), reflections on Mississippi, Canton Square Library, Calvin (sic), Canton town with Garner, and driving on US 51 Canton to Jackson (Mississippi).
Item 22: Notes 12: microcassette, undated: Topics include: Canton (Mississippi), town of Madison County, Garner, finding Jewell, Hollis Watkins on quitting, Smith Roberston Museum, and North (sic) Park Business.
Item 23: Notes 13: microcassette, 1991 September 12: Topics include: Hollis Watkins on restructuring at Tougaloo College, Mike Soyer talk and discussion.
Item 24: Notes 14: microcassette, 1991 September 20: Topics include: Cornelius Steele, Philadelphia notes, driving Philadelphia, Meridian, Harmony (Mississippi), O.B. Clark on Chaney (sic), and Meridian, to New Orleans through (sic) Meridian.
Item 25: Notes 15: microcassette, 1991 October 3: Topics include: Drive with Cornelius Steele and Philadephia, NAACP leader, Drive from (sic) to West Point, to Port Gibson via (sic).
Item 26: Notes 16: microcassette, 1991 October 8-22: Topics include: West Point to Okalona, to Atlanta, to Delta, to Jackson, Mound Bayou, and Shelby to Jackson.
Item 27: Notes 17: microcassette, 1991 October: Topics include: Mississippi and driving (sic) completion.
Item 28: Outline and notes dictation: microcassette, undated
Item 29: Prologue and beginning dictation: microcassette, undated
Item 30: Manuscript dictation 1: microcassette, undated
Item 31: Manuscript dictation 2: microcassette, undated
Item 32: Manuscript dictation 3: microcassette, undated
Item 33: Manuscript dictation 4: microcassette, undated
Item 34: Manuscript dictation 5: microcassette, undated
Item 35: Manuscript dictation 6: microcassette, undated
Item 36: Manuscript dictation 7: microcassette, undated
Item 37: Manuscript dictation 8: microcassette, undated
Item 38: Manuscript dictation 9: microcassette, undated
Item 39: Manuscript dictation 10: microcassette, undated
Item 40: Manuscript dictation 11: microcassette, undated
Item 41: Manuscript dictation 12: microcassette, undated
Item 42: Manuscript dictation 13: microcassette, undated
Item 43: Manuscript dictation 14: microcassette, undated
Item 44: Manuscript dictation 15: microcassette, undated
Item 45: Manuscript dictation 16: microcassette, undated
Item 46: Manuscript dictation 17: microcassette, undated
Item 47: Manuscript dictation 18: microcassette, undated
Item 48: Manuscript dictation 19: microcassette, undated
Item 49: Manuscript dictation 20: microcassette, undated
Item 50: Manuscript dictation 21: microcassette, undated
Item 51: Manuscript dictation 22: microcassette, undated
Item 52: Manuscript dictation 23: microcassette, undated
Item 53: Manuscript dictation 24: microcassette, undated
Item 54: Manuscript dictation 25: microcassette, undated
Item 55: Manuscript dictation 26: microcassette, undated

Sub-Series 5: Tom Dent Individual Audiovisual Collection, 1965-1998

The largest of the audiovisual collections encompassing 496 standard size audiocassettes, 19 one-quarter inch open reel audiotapes, and 25 video recordings in VHS format of lectures, poetry readings, interviews, festivals, and performances Dent created from 1965 to 1998. The topic strengths of the collection are New Orleans art and music and African American literature, mainly poetry. Numerous recordings of New Orleans jazz funerals can be found throughout, as well as jazz and brass band performances, which were a main focus of Dent. Of particular interest are performances by Danny Barker, Abdullah Ibrahim, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Toudy [sic] Montana (Mardi Gras Indians), the Tambourine and Fan Club, and Walter Washington, as well as a 1976 performance of Ritual Murder: A One Act Play at the Ethiopian Theater in New Orleans.

Dent's pursuit of oral histories continued, and individual interviews are located within the collection. Interviews of note include Avery Alexander, musician Danny Barker, poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite, South African pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim, artist Elizabeth Catlett, poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, civil rights veteran Worth Long, Mardi Gras Indian Toudy [sic] Montana, founder of the Free Southern Theater John O'Neal, and poet Margaret Walker. Poetry readings and literary lectures mainly at local New Orleans venues include the Congo Square Poets, author James Baldwin's visit to New Orleans in 1980, Caribbean poet Edward Kamau Brathwaite, David Henderson and the Umbra Poets, Lorenzo Thomas and Ishmael Reed. There are also many poetry readings and lectures by Tom Dent and local poets, such as Kalamu ya Salaam. Most of the poetry readings and performances were done at local New Orleans bars and restaurants, such as the Maple Leaf Bar on Oak Street in the Riverbend area, Tipitina's on Napoleon Avenue in Uptown, and the Ethiopian Theater. Of note are interviews done for the River Road book project with photographer Roy Lewis, festivals and poetry readings sponsored by the SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance), and the Umbra Reunion Panel held in New York City in 1991.

The one-quarter inch open reel audiotapes within the collection can be found at the end in chronological order and date from the late 1960s to early 1970s. Of note are Free Southern Theater performances; a FST Board of Director's meeting from 1970; BLKARTSOUTH poetry readings and rehearsals; and an interview with Ulis Calvert of West Point, Mississippi, a witness to the shooting of John Thomas in 1970. The interview is dated August 15^th the day after Thomas was murdered. The video recordings found at the end of the collection include recordings of Danny Barker's funeral in 1994, lectures, and a 1994 performance of Dent's play Ritual Murder. Of note are rough and fine cut working recordings of the documentary "Brass Bands" (New Orleans Brass) written by Tom Dent and produced by National Geographic Explorer.

Box 157

Item 1: Ad Hoc Committee Press Conference on Media, 1980 January 11: Includes: Reverend Avery Alexander reading and statment.
Item 2: Johnny Adams Second Line Funeral, undated
Item 3: African and Afro-American Music (Mendy), undated
Item 4: African Journey on WWOZ Radio, 1993 April 21
Item 5: Afro-American Pavilion, 1983 September 9: Includes: John Scott and Martin Payton.
Item 6: Afro-American Writers Conference (Fifth Annual), 1983 February 10: Includes: Poetry readings by Steve Henderson, E.Ethelbert Miller, Kalamu ya Salaam, Nancy Arnez, NJeri Nuru, Lance Jeffers, Amiri Baraka, and Tom Dent.
Item 7: Afro-American Writers Conference (Fifth Annual), 1983 February 10: Includes: Poetry readings by Tom Dent, Shela Crider, Houston Baker, Jerry Ward, Kent Ford, and E. Ethelbert Miller. [Tape 2]
Item 8: Ama Aidoo reading, 1975 April 30
Item 9: ALA (African Literature Association) Panel on Alternative Publishing: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 July 12
Item 10: ALA (African Literature Association) Readings and Music at the University of Wisconsin, 1977 March 23: Includes: Julius Thompson, New Orleans (Louisiana), 1977 March 31.
Item 11: ALA (African Literature Association) Poetry Readings, 1978 April 6: Includes: Ed Braithwaite and other poets, Damas in French and English.
Item 12: ALA (African Literature Association) Poetry Readings, 1979 March 23: Includes: Peter Nazareth on his fiction.
Item 13: ALA (African Literature Association) Interviews, 1979 March 23: Includes: Peter Nazareth and Wally Serote on Medu Art Ensemble in Botswana. [Tape 2]
Item 14: ALA (African Literature Association) Poetry Reading: Gainesville, Florida, 1980 April 10: Includes: Ibo Lullaby's, Everett (sic) Hoagland (sic), Samuel Allen, Dennis Brutus, and Tom Dent at the University of Florida.
Item 15: ALA (African Literature Association) Poetry Reading: Dakar, 1989 March 21
Item 16: Albany Conference: Albany, Georgia, 1997 October 16: Includes: Talk by Nayo Watkins.
Item 17: Alvin Alcorn Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 April 8: Topics include: Alcorn's music and Fats Houston.

Box 158

Item 1: Avery Alexander Interviewee: Houma, Louisiana, 1987 August 25: Includes: Comments on youth with Lolis Elie. [Tape 1]
Item 2: Avery Alexander Interviewee: Houma, Louisiana, 1987 August 25: Includes: Comments on the Houma Bayous with Lolis Elie, relative and Tom Dent. [Tape 2]
Item 3: Monty Alexander Interviewee, 1991 April 29: Includes: Piece of Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, New York City.
Item 4: Monty Alexander Interviewee, undated: Includes: Frank Owen.
Item 5: All-Stars Brass Band Series at Armstrong Park: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 August 23
Item 6: All Things Considered (National Public Radio): Reagan's Neighbors, 1985: Program number 850128.
Item 7: Amistad (Research Center) Luncheon: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 June 28
Item 8: Amistad Rehearsal, undated
Item 9: ASA (American Studies Association) Oral History Panel: microcassette, 1990 November 2
Item 10: ASA (American Studies Association) Civil Rights Oral History Panel: microcassette, 1990 November 3
Item 11: Anthology of Negro Poets / by Arna Bontemps, undated
Item 12: Louis Armstrong Vocals, undated
Item 13: Atlanta Garvey Day Festival in Washington Park: Atlanta, Georgia, undated: Performances: Golden Gospel Singers.
Item 14: Bahamian Band: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992 October 3
Item 15: James Baldwin at UNO (University of New Orleans): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 April 28
Item 16: James Baldwin Memorial on WWOZ (Public Radio): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 December 4
Item 17: James Baldwin Memorial, undated: [Tape 1]
Item 18: James Baldwin Memorial, undated: [Tape 2]
Item 19: James Baldwin, "Heard it through the grape vine", undated

Box 159

Item 1: Danny Barker with Srookun (sic) Russell, circa 1973
Item 2: Danny Barker - Marcellus (sic), 1973 February 3
Item 3: Danny Barker - Marcellus (sic), 1973 February 3: [Tape 2]
Item 4: Danny Barker and Tom Dent at the Ethiopian Theater, 1979 February 12
Item 5: Danny Barker Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 March 30: Topics include: Comments about traditional band music.
Item 6: Danny Barker on St. Joseph's Day, 1986 February 21
Item 7: Danny Barker Interviewee, 1992 October 8
Item 8: Danny Barker on WWNO: Inside The Arts, 1993 April, August, October
Item 9: Danny Barker, undated
Item 10: Danny Barker's Funeral: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994
Item 11: Notes on Danny Barker's Funeral for New Orleans Journal: microcassette, undated
Item 12: Louis Blue Lu Barker's Wake: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998 May 12
Item 13: Milton Batiste Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 March 30: Topics include: Traditional and making new band music.
Item 14: Mrs. (sic) Bennet Interviewee, 1972 December 21
Item 15: Mrs. (sic) Bennet Interviewee, 1972 December 21
Item 16: Birmingham City Stories (sic) Festival, 1991
Item 17: Birmingham Radio Show with Selma Napier (sic) on WBAI, 1997 January 16, January 27

Box 160

Item 1: James Black Funeral and Wake with Abdullah Ibrahim, undated
Item 2: Black Arts Festival: Atlanta, Georgia, 1994 July 31: Includes: Umbra Panel with Ishmael Reed, Brenda Halcott (sic), David Henderson, Calvin Henderson, Ray Patterson, and Tom Dent.
Item 3: Black Arts Festival: Atlanta, Georgia, 1994 July 31: [Tape 2]
Item 4: Black Arts Festival: Atlanta, Georgia, 1996 July 1: Includes: Forum on Hoyt Fuller.
Item 5: Black Arts Festival: Atlanta, Georgia, 1996 July 1: Includes: Forum on Hoyt Fuller. [Tape 2]
Item 6: Black Experience, Congo Square Theater at Tougaloo College: Tougaloo, Mississippi, 1979 September 29
Item 7: Black Louisiana Writers at ASALH (Association for the Study of African American Life and History) Conference: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 October 17
Item 8: Black Louisiana Writers at ASALH (Association for the Study of African American Life and History) Conference: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 October 17: [Tape 2]
Item 9: Black Media Panel at the New Orleans Museum of Art: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 April 25: Includes: Larry McKinley, Marito (sic) Rivera, Tom Dent, George Wein, George Butler, and Kidd Jondan,
Item 10: Jeremiah Blackwell Interviewee: Issaguena County, 1990 August 31: Includes: Comments about the closed colony and Glen Allen.
Item 11: Terrence Blanchard (sic) with Donald Harrison Quintet, 1987 May 1
Item 12: Terrance Blanchard (sic) with Donald Harrison Quintet, 1987 May 1: [Tape 2]
Item 13: Blue Lights and River Songs Performance by Chakula Cha Jua Theater Company: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1997 December 14: Includes: Poetry reading by Tom Dent for Southern Journey and "African Notes."
Item 14: Blue Lights and River Songs walk through with Chakula Cha Jua and Tom Dent, 1998 January 3
Item 15: Blues Workshop at the King Center: Atlanta, Georgia, 1989: [Worth Long Blues Program]
Item 16: Mrs. Bradley Interviewee, 1979 September 11: Includes: Debra Jackson.
Item 17: Brass Bands in Armstrong Park: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 August 30: Performances: Rebirth Band and Majestic Band.
Item 18: Brass Bands in Armstrong Park: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 August 30: Performances: Majestic Band. [Tape 2]

Box 161

Item 1: Brass Bands Second Line: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1989 September 27: Performances: Dirty Dozen (Brass Band) and Young Tuxedo.
Item 2: Edward Brathwaite, "Rights of Passage": London, 1967 December 15: Includes: Part One "Work Song Blues" and Part Two "The Spades."
Item 3: Edward Brathwaite, "Masks", 1968 August
Item 4: Brathwaite Poem Notes, Goddard Seminar: Washington, D.C., circa 1973
Item 5: Edward Braithwaite, 1976 May 5
Item 6: Brathwaite at UNO (University of New Orleans): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 October 25
Item 7: Brathwaite at UNO (University of New Orleans) and SUNO (Southern University at New Orleans): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 October 25: [Tape 2]
Item 8: Brathwaite at SUNO (Southern University at New Orleans): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 October 25: [Tape 3]
Item 9: Brathwaite poetry reading sponsored by Congo Square Writer's Workshop and the Broadmoore Public Library: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 October 26
Item 10: Brathwaite poetry reading sponsored by Congo Square Writer's Workshop and the Broadmoore Public Library: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 October 26: [Tape 2]
Item 11: Brathwaite interview and reading at Tom Dent's house: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 July 11: Includes: Lecture at the Amistad Research Center in New Orleans, LA.
Item 12: Brathwaite lecture at the Amistad Research Center: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 July 11: [Tape 2]
Item 13: Edward Kamau Brathwaite lecture on Bob Marley and the Reggue Doo-Dos Festival: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 July 12: Venue was Xavier University in New Orleans, LA.
Item 14: Edward Kamau Brathwaite lecture on Bob Marley and the Reggue Doo-Dos Festival, Xavier University: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 July 12
Item 15: Brathwaite at SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) Meeting: Tougaloo, Mississippi, 1983 May 28
Item 16: Brathwaite reading at St. Marks Church: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 February 20
Item 17: Brathwaite reading at St. Marks Church: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 February 20

Box 162

Item 1: Kamau Brathwaite Panel at Hostos Community College: Bronx, New York, 1992 October 24: Includes: Gordon Rahlehn as keynot speaker.
Item 2: Kamau Brathwaite Panel at Hostos Community College: Bronx, New York, 1992 October 24: [Tape 2]
Item 3: Kamau Brathwaite Panel and Reading at Hostos Community College: Bronx, New York, 1992 October 24: [Tape 3]
Item 4: Kamau Brathwaite Panel and Reading at Hostos Community College: Bronx, New York, 1992 October 24: [Tape 4]
Item 5: Kamau Brathwaite at Dillard University: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993 October 16
Item 6: Brathwaite Lecture at NYU (New York University): New York, New York, 1997 March 13: Includes: Comments on system of cosmology.
Item 7: Brathwaite Lecture at NYU (New York University): New York, New York, 1997 March 13: [Tape 2]
Item 8: Brathwaite poetry reading in Ghana, Africa, undated: Includes: Ghanaian Poetry.
Item 9: Sterling Brown poems and comments: Washington, D.C., 1980 November 25
Item 10: Sterling Brown at the University Without Walls: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 January 19
Item 11: Sterling Brown at the University Without Walls: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 January 19: [Tape 2]
Item 12: Sterling Brown at Dillard University: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 January 20
Item 13: Sterling Brown Memorial at Copasetic Book Store: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1989 February 11
Item 14: Bucketmen Parade, 1972 December 24
Item 15: Bucketmen Parade, 1972 December 24: [Tape 2]
Item 16: Bucketmen Parade, 1974 January 6
Item 17: Bucketmen Parade, 1974 January 6: [Tape 2]

Box 163

Item 1: Bucketmen Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1974 March 17
Item 2: Bucketmen Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1974 March 17: [Tape 2]
Item 3: Bucketmen's Parade on St. Joseph's Day: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1976
Item 4: John Buffington: Oxford, Mississippi, 1983 March 27
Item 5: Cape Basil reading by New Orleans Poets, 1987 April 5
Item 6: Cape Basil, 1988 December 4: Performance/Reading: Friendly Traders and the jazz funeral of Albert Green, 1988 December 5.
Item 7: Elizabeth Catlett Interviewee: Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1988 January 9
Item 8: Ray Charles at the Atlanta Blues Festival: Atlanta, Georgia, 1988 October 29
Item 9: Clifton Chenier at Tipitina's: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 February 22
Item 10: Clifton Chenier and others at the New Orleans Fairgrounds: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 April 28: Performances: Willie T. and Wild Magnolias, the Bai Conte Griots, Last Poets, and Clifton Chenier.
Item 11: Christmas Eve Mass at St. Therese's Catholic Church, Village of Kaniping (sic): Serekunda, Gambia, 1986
Item 12: Christmas Eve Mass at St. Therese's Catholic Church, Village of Kaniping (sic): Serekunda, Gambia, 1986
Item 13: Chosen Few at Glass House, 1985
Item 14: Chosen Few Brass Band and the Dock Paulin Brass Band at Armstrong Park: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 September 13
Item 15: Maynse Conde talk at Xavier University: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991 November 18
Item 16: Congo Square Poets, June's Speakeasy reading: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1976 June 12
Item 17: Congo Square Poets, June's Speakeasy reading: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1976 June 12: [Tape 2]

Box 164

Item 1: Congo Square Poets at the Ethiopian Theater: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 January 12
Item 2: Congo Square Poets reading at Fosberg's Gallery: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1977 March 6
Item 3: Congo Square Poets reading at the Contemporary Arts Center: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 August 2: Includes: Jerry W. Ward.
Item 4: Congo Square Poets at the Ethiopian Theater: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 February 13: Side B: Ali Sisay.
Item 5: Congo Square Poets with Walter Washington at the Ethiopian Theater: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 March 28
Item 6: Congo Square Poets with James Baldwin: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 April 22
Item 7: James Cleveland at the Municipal Auditorium: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 March 4
Item 8: Bob Costley on Burgundy Street: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 April 14
Item 9: Bob Costley Memorial at St. March Church: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 April 5
Item 10: Codrescu (sic) Anthology Reading at UNO (University of New Orleans): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 February 25
Item 11: Dr. Emory Covington Interviewee: Houston, Texas, 1985 September 5: Topics include: The Covington family.
Item 12: Covington Historical Marker installment and dedication program: Houston, Texas, 1995 July 29
Item 13: Crescent City Sounds: New Orleans, Louisiana, undated
Item 14: Crescent City Streets and Shadows a lecture for the SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) meeting: Selma Alabama, 1981 November 28
Item 15: Leon Damas Tribute, ALA (American Library Association), and Edward Brathwaite Reading, 1978 April 6 - 7
Item 16: John DeLafose and The Eunice Playboys, undated
Item 17: John DeLafose and The Eunice Playboys, undated

Box 165

Item 1: Delta Blues Festival: Greenville, Mississippi, 1982 September 18

Includes: Interview with Worth Long and Charles Bannerman.

Performances: Sam Myers and John Lee Hooker.

Item 2: Delta Blues Festival: Greenville, Mississippi, 1982 September 18

Performances: Bobby Rush and Ko Ko Taylor. [Tape 2]

Item 3: Delta Blues Festival: Greenville, Mississippi, 1982 September 18

Performances: Albert King. [Tape 3]

Item 4: Delta Blues Festival, 1983 September 17

Performances: Ray Davis and mixed band.

Item 5: Aunt Lula Interviewee: Marlin, Texas, 1978 September 30

[Dent/Covington family]

Item 6: Albert W. Dent, Times Picayune Loving Cup Award Ceremony: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1977 September 25

Item 7: Albert W. Dent interviewed by Kim Lacey Rogers: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 November 12

Item 8: Albert W. Dent program at Dillard Chapel, Dillard University: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992 September 13

Item 9: Jessie Covington Dent interview with Florence Borders: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985

Item 10: Jessie Covington Dent and Walter J. Dent Interviewees, undated

Item 11: Jessie Covington Dent and Walter J. Dent Interviewees, undated

Item 12: Tom Dent and John Fury discuss the James Meredith Case, 1965 May

Item 13: Tom Dent and John Fury discuss the James Meredith Case, 1965 May

Item 14: Tom Dent and Kalamu ya Salaam at the University of Iowa, 1976 October 12

Item 15: Tom Dent and Kalamu ya Salaam at the University of Iowa, 1976 October 12

[Tape 2]

Item 16: Tom Dent at UNO (University of New Orleans) for the Marcus Christian Memorial: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1976 December 2

Item 17: Tom Dent lecture and reading at Tougaloo College Library: Tougaloo, Mississippi, 1978 November 10

Box 166

Item 1: Tom Dent reading at the Maple Leaf Bar: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 August 24
Item 2: Tom Dent and Simon Ortiz reading at Bunt's Turf: Galveston, Texas, 1981 October 2
Item 3: Tom Dent, Memphis dictation, circa 1981 December 23
Item 4: Tom Dent regarding Umbra Writer's Workshop History: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981 December 25
Item 5: Tom Dent interviewed by Kim Lacey Rogers: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 October 31
Item 6: Tom Dent on WWOZ (Public Radio): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 February 26
Item 7: Tom Dent and Quint Davis at the Washington Workshop regarding festivals, 1988 March 15
Item 8: Tom Dent interviewed by Kim Lacey Rogers: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 June 25
Item 9: Tom Dent interviewed by Kim Lacey Rogers: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 June 25: [Tape 2]
Item 10: Tom Dent at the University of Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1988 November 11
Item 11: Tom Dent interviewed by Michael Goodwin, KPFA and 1990 Jazz Fest: San Francisco, California, 1990 March 17
Item 12: Tom Dent interviewed by Kim Lacey Rogers: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991 July 23: [Via telephone]
Item 13: Tom Dent presenting at the Darwin Turner Memorial Lecture at the University of Iowa: microcassette, 1992 February 28
Item 14: Tom Dent interviewed by Niyi Osundare: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992 September 26
Item 15: Tom Dent interviewed by Kalamu ya Salaam regarding Umbra Writer's Workshop and the Lower East Side: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993 December 7
Item 16: Tom Dent interviewed by Kalamu ya Salaam regarding Umbra Writer's Workshop and the Lower East Side: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993 December 7: [Tape 2]
Item 17: Tom Dent interviewed by Kalamu ya Salaam regarding Umbra Writer's Workshop and the Lower East Side: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993 December 14

Box 167

Item 1: Tom Dent interviewed by Judson of Denver High School regarding Southern Journey, 1995 March 10
Item 2: Annie Devine Interviewee, 1979 November 2
Item 3: Tom Dent at the University of Rhode Island, 1997 November 3
Item 4: Interview with Tom Dent, undated: [Tape 2]
Item 5: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 1982 November 1
Item 6: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 February 7
Item 7: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 February 7: [Tape 2]
Item 8: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 1983 October 10: Performances include: Clifton Chenier Band, 1983 October 8.
Item 9: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Tipitina's: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984 January 25
Item 10: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985 June 3
Item 11: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985 August 26
Item 12: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985 September 30
Item 13: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985 December 23
Item 14: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985 December 30
Item 15: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985
Item 16: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 January 6
Item 17: Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Dizzy Gillespie at New Orleans Orpheum Theater: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 January 15

Box 168

Item 1: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 April 28
Item 2: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 November 3
Item 3: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Jambalaya Tour and the Neville Brothers: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987 May 29
Item 4: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Cleron's, 1987 August 9
Item 5: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Cheron's: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 August 23
Item 6: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Cheron's: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 October 4
Item 7: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Cheron's: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 April 24
Item 8: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Armstrong Park: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 July 4
Item 9: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Village Gate, 1988 August 26
Item 10: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 September 12
Item 11: Dirty Dozen Brass Band with music from records, 1988 October 24
Item 12: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 October 31
Item 13: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Glass House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 December 26
Item 14: Dirty Dozen Brass Band: Birmingham, Alabama, 1991
Item 15: Dirty Dozen Brass Band recording by the Hit Factory DMS (Digital Mastering Studios, Inc.), 1993 January 8: Engineer: Tom Coyne.
Item 16: Dirty Dozen Brass Band: New Orleans, Louisiana, undated
Item 17: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, "Mammoth", undated

Box 169

Item 1: Doc Paulin Band at Armstrong Park: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 September 13
Item 2: Dozens and Warehouse Cape, 1993 October
Item 3: Dubois Institute's Brathwaite presentation and discussion, 1988 August 19
Item 4: Dubois Institute Tom Dent presentation, 1988 August 19
Item 5: Dubois Institute Tom Dent discussion and reading, 1988 August 19: Includes: Melvin Dixon. [Tape 2]
Item 6: Ebony interview and Black Image discussion, circa 1972 April
Item 7: Ebony piece in Miami, Florida, 1972 April
Item 8: Duke Ellington, undated
Item 9: Ethiopian Theater Interview regarding priority program: New Orleans, Louisiana, undated
Item 10: Exuma and Bobby Bland, 1979 April 29: Includes: Alvin Batiste in jazz tent.
Item 11: FAS press conference and reactions, 1972 September 22
Item 12: Fields Interview, undated
Item 13: FST (Free Southern Theater) discussion at ASALH (Association for the Study of American Life and History): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 October 18
Item 14: FST (Free Southern Theater) discussion at ASALH (Association for the Study of American Life and History): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 October 18: [Tape 2]
Item 15: Funeral of Joe "Pete" Adams: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992 February 22
Item 16: Funeral of Blue Lu Barker at St. Raymond's Church: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998 May 13
Item 17: Funeral of Oscar "Raggs" James with the Olympia Brass Band: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 October 8

Box 170

Item 1: Funeral of Professor Longhair, 1986 February 2
Item 2: (Ernest) Gaines, (David) Henderson, and (Tom) Dent panel on Miss Jane Puttman: Houston, Texas, 1982 February 4
Item 3: Galveston reading with Harryette Mullen, Lorenzo Thomas, and Tom Dent: Galveston, Texas, 1979 April 6
Item 4: Galveston Hoo-Doo Festival with Kalamu ya Salaam, Ishmael Reed, and Tom Dent: Galveston, Texas, 1979 July 13
Item 5: Gambia Christmas and New Years celebrations, 1986 December 12, 1987 January 1
Item 6: Carol Gaudin Interviewee, 1978 January 14
Item 7: Carol Gaudin Interviewee, 1979 September 15, September 21
Item 8: Dizzy Gillespie Memorial Parade, 1993 January 9
Item 9: Dizzy Gillespie, In An Afrocuban, Bossia Nova, Calypso Groove, undated
Item 10: Goddard Symposium: Plainfield, Vermont, 1973 November
Item 11: Reverend Perry Griffin: Phoenix, Louisiana, 1976 August 11
Item 12: Guinea-Bissau (sic) program: Canchungo, Guinea-Bissau, 1997 July 21
Item 13: Gulfside notes and notes on Treme Festival: microcassette, 1993
Item 14: Gwendolyn Midlo Hall Lecture at St. Marks Church: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 November 5
Item 15: Oretha Haley Memorial: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 December 6
Item 16: Oretha Haley Memorial: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 December 6: [Tape 2]
Item 17: Randi Hamilton and Tom Dent at the New Orleans Poetry Forum: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 October 26

Box 171

Item 1: Harper Brothers from record, undated
Item 2: David Henderson, Evergreen: San Francisco, California, 1990 October 28
Item 3: David Henderson, Evergreen, undated
Item 4: Howard Writer's Conference with Clyde Taylor, Jennifer London, and Tom Dent: Washington, D.C., 1978 May 6
Item 5: Howard University's Literature Conference with Kalamue ya Salaam, Amiri Baraka, and Tom Dent: Washington, D.C., 1983 February 9
Item 6: Howard University's Literature Conference with Jerry Ward, Clyde Taylor, and Elenor Tralon (sic): Washington, D.C., 1983 February 10
Item 7: Howard University's Literature Conference with Acklyn Lynch, Kalamu ya Salaam, and Amiri Baraka: Washington, D.C., 1983
Item 8: Humanities at Iowa, P. Nazareth with poet Tom Dent (Broadcast), 1992 March 15
Item 9: Abdullah Ibrahim Interviewee, 1988 October 7
Item 10: Abdullah Ibrahim, solo piano at the New Orleans Museum (of Art): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 December 4
Item 11: Abdullah Ibrahim from records, undated: Includes: Harper Brothers.
Item 12: Debra Jackson Interviewee, 1979 September 1
Item 13: Funeral of Alan Jaffe: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 March 11
Item 14: Jambalaya panel on New Orleans with Tom Dent presented by Joe Logsdon at the New Orleans Public Library: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 December 12
Item 15: Jazz Cats Brass Band at Armstrong Park: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 October 4
Item 16: Jazz Funeral in Treme area with Rebirth Band: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990 March 24
Item 17: Jazz Funeral Workshop at Preservation Hall a Jazz and Heritage Foundation Brass Band Program: New Orleans, Louisiana, undated

Box 172

Item 1: Jazz Funeral Workshop at Preservation Hall a Jazz and Heritage Foundation Brass Band Program: New Orleans, Louisiana, undated: [Tape 2]
Item 2: Jazz and Heritage Foundation Grants Awards at Preservation Hall: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 April 14
Item 3: Jazz and Heritage Foundation Lecture with Tom Dent: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1997 February 22
Item 4: Jazz Picnic with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and James Rivers: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 October 17
Item 5: Jazz Reconciliation Program: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990 January 13
Item 6: Jazz Reconciliation Program at St. Marks Church: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990 January 13: Performances: Kidd Jordan, Jackson State Band, and Ellis Marsalis.
Item 7: Jazz Reconciliation Program with Alvin Batiste and Kidd Jordan: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990 January 14
Item 8: Jazz School Press Conference: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990 April 10
Item 9: Horace Jenkins Memorial: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1982 December 17
Item 10: Joe Johnson "Radio", undated
Item 11: Jolly Bunch Second Line Funeral with the Tuxedo Band: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1973 July 7
Item 12: Alvin Jones Interview with Dr. Lionel Daniels (sic) and Mrs. Doris White at the Zydeco Festival: Opelousas, Louisiana, 1983 September 3
Item 13: Cliff Jones, Claiborne Design Term: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1976 August 17: Includes: Interview of Tom Dent by Ernest Wiggins, 1976 August 24.
Item 14: Kink Joseph with band at Snug Harbor: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 November 27
Item 15: KPFA Poetry Reading, 1990 March 17: Includes: Interview with Tom Dent and Michael Goodwin.
Item 16: Willie Kgositsile Interviewee, 1973 May 25
Item 17: Keorapetse Kgositsile Program at the New Orleans Museum of Art: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 November 3

Box 173

Item 1: Keorapetse Kgositsile Program at the New Orleans Museum of Art: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 November 3: [Tape 2]
Item 2: Keorapetse Kgositsile Interview by Kalamu ya Salaam: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 November 4
Item 3: Keorapetse Kgositsile Interview by Tom Dent with Lolis Elie: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 November 4: Includes: Sudan Special Club Annual Parade, 1987 November 8.
Item 4: Keorapetse Kgositsile Interview via telephone, 1987 November 27: Performances: St. Helena Band.
Item 5: Willie Kgositsile reading at St. March Center: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991 September 22
Item 6: Willie Kgositsile at Community Bookstore: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993 May 29
Item 7: Willie Kgositsile at Community Bookstore : New Orleans, Louisiana, 1996 February 21: Part of the Jazz Foundation Lecture Series.
Item 8: Willie Kgositsile at Community Bookstore: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1996 February 21: [Tape 2]
Item 9: Saddi Khali and Tom Dent at LSU (Louisiana State University): Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1995 April 21
Item 10: B.B. King and Walter Washington: Atlanta, Georgia, 1988 October 28
Item 11: Martin Luther King Memorial: Dakar, Senegal, 1987 January 19
Item 12: King Biscuit Blues Festival: Helena, Arkansas, 1987 October 10-11: Includes interviews with James Cotton, Robert Jr. Lockwood.
Item 13: King Biscuit Blues Festival: Helena, Arkansas, 1987 October 10: Includes interviews with Robert Jr. Lockwood, Pinetop Perkins, and other assorted musicians.
Item 14: F.D. Kinkpatrick lecture and singing at UNO (University of New Orleans): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 October 9
Item 15: F.D. Kinkpatrick lecture and singing at UNO (University of New Orleans): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 October 9: [Tape 2]
Item 16: Funeral of Freddie Kohlman, 1990 October 4
Item 17: Funeral of Freddie Kohlman, 1990 October 4: [Tape 2]

Box 174

Item 1: Lastie Brothers interview with Tom Dent, undated
Item 2: Funeral of David Lastie, undated
Item 3: Ladysmith Black Mombazo at Tipitina's: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 November 29
Item 4: Lafayette Festival with Super Dinamo, 1990 April 21
Item 5: John Lewis Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1984 July 4-5: Topics include: On the Selma (Alabama) bridge march and beating. Also, includes interview with Stanley Wise, 1984 July 4.
Item 6: John Lewis Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1984 July 6
Item 7: Roger Lewis Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 March 29: Topics include: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
Item 8: Rudy Lombard Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 February 18: Topics include: New Orleans Mayoral Campaign.
Item 9: Rudy Lombard Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 March 18, July 3: [Tape 2]
Item 10: Worth Long Interviewee, 1984 July 13: Topics include: Selma (Alabama).
Item 11: Worth Long Blues Workshop at the King Center: Atlanta, Georgia, 1989: Includes: Reverend Jerry Pinson, Lonnie Pitchfond, and Songs of the South. [Tape 2]
Item 12: Funeral of Professor Longhair, 1980 February 2: Includes: Congo Square with Walter Washington, 1980 February 15.
Item 13: Lotus Press Reading at the Martin Luther King Library: Washington, D.C., 1986 March 26
Item 14: Lotus Press Reading at the Martin Luther King Library: Washington, D.C., 1986 March 26: [Tape 2]
Item 15: Louisiana Folk Festival: Gambling, Louisiana, 1979 June 23: Performances: F.D. Kinkpatrick.
Item 16: LSU (Louisiana State University) Reading: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1993 April 29: Includes: Andre Codescu, Pinkie Gordon Lane, Tom Dent, and Lee Gnue (sic).
Item 17: Loyola University lecture on Black New Orleans: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 March 15

Box 175

Item 1: Loyola University lecture on Black New Orleans and Jazz History: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 March 16: [Tape 2]
Item 2: LP "AZAX/ATTRA" S. Deihim/ R. Howitz, undated
Item 3: LR Theater Conference, 1973 April
Item 4: Mande Griots at ALA (American Literature Association): Boone, North Carolina, 1978: Includes: University of Kentucky reading, 1978 April 10.
Item 5: Mardi Gras: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991 February 12: Performances: Walter Washington.
Item 6: Mardi Gras Day: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993: Performances: Chief Toudy, Montana's Ruse, Trombone Shorty's, and street sounds.
Item 7: Ellis and Wynton Marsalis: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985 August 21
Item 8: Ellis Marsalis: Richmond, Virginia, 1988 January 24
Item 9: Ellis Marsalis: Richmond, Virginia, 1988 January 24: [Tape 2]
Item 10: Wynton and Branford Marsalis with VSOP at the Orpheum Theater: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983: Includes: The Sam Brothers at the Zydeco Festival in Plaisance, Louisiana, 1983 September 3
Item 11: Shawn Martin Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 October 2: Topics include: CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) and TCA (Total Community Action).
Item 12: Martinique Jazz Festival parade: Basse Pointe, Martinique, 1992 June 28
Item 13: Mary Holmes (College) Black Theater Conference: West Point, Mississippi, 1972 November
Item 14: Dona McDonald Interviewee, undated: [via telephone]
Item 15: Memphis Street Reading with Kalamu ya Salaam and Tom Dent, undated
Item 16: Mendy and African Journey, Tom Dent on WWOZ (Radio): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 March 4
Item 17: Patrick Mendy and Tom Dent on Guinea-Bissou trip: West Africa, 1997 July

Box 176

Item 1: Henry Mitchell and Lolis Elie Interviewees: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985 November 7: Topics include: The origins of the New Orleans Movement (civil rights).
Item 2: Henry Mitchell and Lolis Elie Interviewees: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985 November 7: Topics include: Continued discussion on the origins of the New Orleans Movement, the Consumer League, and the Dryade Street demonstrations. [Tape 2]
Item 3: MLA (Modern Language Association) Panel, undated
Item 4: Mosey Wasters Parade, 1991 November 3
Item 5: Toudy (sic) Montana on St. Joseph's Day: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 February 22
Item 6: Toudy (sic) Montana Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984 January 22
Item 7: Montgomery talk at the Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists: Montgomery, Alabama, 1998 March 28
Item 8: Morehouse College discussion with Jerry Ward and Tom Dent, 1993 April 7
Item 9: Morehouse College discussion with Jerry Ward and Tom Dent, 1993 November 7: [Tape 2]
Item 10: Morehouse College discussion with Jerry Ward and Tom Dent, 1993 November 7: [Tape 3]
Item 11: Music Against Apartheid with Earl Turbinten (sic) and Abdullah Ibrahim: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 October 8
Item 12: Music Against Apartheid: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 October 8: [Tape 2]
Item 13: Wendell Narcisse Memorial during Kwanza: Miami, Florida, 1991 December 28
Item 14: National Public Radio. All Things Considered "Freedom Summer", 1989
Item 15: National Public Radio. "Rhythm & Blues: New Orleans Horizons", 1989
Item 16: National Public Radio. "The Great Divide & Affirmative Action in America", 1991: [Tape 1 of 2]
Item 17: National Public Radio. "The Great Divide & Affirmative Action in America", 1991: [Tape 2 of 2]

Box 177

Item 1: National Public Radio. All Things Considered, 1992 May 20
Item 2: National Public Radio. All Things Considered, 1992 May 20: [Tape 2]
Item 3: National Public Radio. Weekend All Things Considered, 1996 March 3: Includes: Nelson Johnson.
Item 4: National Public Radio. "Bernice King," Talk of the Nation, 1997
Item 5: Peter Nazareth, ALA (American Literature Association) at the University of Indiana, 1979 March 22: Topics include: Human rights in African literature.
Item 7: Peter Nazareth Interview and ALA (American Literary Association) poetry reading, 1979 March 23: Includes: Comments on jazz in Uganda and Okai Wigeira (sic).
Item 8: Notes on poems and The Game (dictation), 1972 November: Side B: Aunt Lula.
Item 10: John O'Neal Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 January 25: Topics include: FST (Free Southern Theater) Black artists and groups, as well as Mississippi and the origins of the FST.
Item 9: Oberlin College Reading, 1983 April 6
Item 11: Funeral with the Olympia Brass Band, 1978 July 18
Item 12: Funeral with the Olympia Brass Band, 1978 July 18: [Tape 2]
Item 13: Funeral with the Olympia Brass Band, 1978 July 18
Item 14: Olympia (Brass Band) Special, undated
Item 15: Niyi Osundare, Congo Square Lecture: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992 June 30
Item 16: Niyi Osundare, Congo Square Lecture: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992 June 30: [Tape 2]
Item 17: Jimmy Owens Interviewee, 1991 October 25
Item 18: Jimmy Owens Interview on WBAI with music, 1991 October 25

Box 178

Item 1: Patrick and Tom Dent, 1997 September 10

Item 2: Patrick and Tom Dent, 1997 September 10

[Tape 2]

Item 3: Philadelphia Museum of African American Culture with Louis Massiah and Jane Poindexter: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1997 June 7

Item 4: Poetry reading at the University of Kentucky: Lexington, Kentucky, 1978 April 10

Includes: James Bonders and Charles Rowell.

Item 5: Poetry Reading at Kentucky State College: Frankfort, Kentucky, 1978 April 11

Includes: Rehearsal for the poems, 1978 October 24.

Item 6: Poetry reading with Melvin Dixon, Kamau Brathwaite, and Tom Dent, 1988 August 19

Item 7: Poetry Reading at ASA (American Studies Association): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990 November 3

Includes: Lorenzo Thomas, Sybil Kein, Tom Dent, Melba Boyd, and Kalamu ya Salaam.

Item 8: Police brutality hearing on the City Council, 1977 January 1

Item 9: Police brutality hearing on the City Council, 1977 January 1

[Tape 2]

Item 10: Funeral of Marion D. Ponter with the Olympia Marching Band: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 November 14

Item 11: Funeral of Marion D. Ponter with the Olympia Marching Band: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 November 14

Item 12: Purdue (sic) reading with Tom Dent and Kalamu ya Salaam, 1979 February 15

Item 13: Purdue (sic) reading with Tom Dent and Kalamu ya Salaam, 1979 February 15

[Tape 2]

Item 14: Rebirth Brass Band, undated

Item 15: Ishmael Reed at The Brew: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990 February 3

Item 16: Ritual Murder notes (dictation) and DPV (Duty Paid Value) statement TCA Total Community Action: New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1972

Item 17: Ritual Murder: A One Act Play at the Ethiopian Theater: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1976 August 22

Includes: Cast party.

Item 18: Ritual Murder: A Once Act Play at the Ethiopian Theater: New Orelans, Louisiana, 1976 November 27

Sponsored by the SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance).

Side B: Beale Street Workshop in Memphis (Tennessee) and the Urban Theater in Houston (Texas).

Item 19: Ritual Murder: A One Act Play at the Ethiopian Theater: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 May 13

Item 20: Ritual Murder: A One Act Play at the Ethiopian Theater: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 November 6

Production by the Congo Square Theater.

Item 21: Ritual Murder: A One Act Play at Elizabeth City State University: Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 1981 May 1

Item 22: Ritual Murder: A One Act Play at Ebony Square: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1996 September 7

Item 23: Riverboat: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1975 April 23

Performances Louis Cottnell, Danny Barker Band, and Preservation Hall Band.

Item 24: River Road Oral History Project Interviews, 1979 August 10

Interviewees: Mrs. Martha Young, Romeville (Louisiana) and Vincent Sylvian Edgard.

Item 25: River Road Oral History Project Interviews, 1979 August 9

Interviewees: Milton Jackson and Frank White.

Item 26: River Road Oral History Project Interviews, 1975 April 29

Interviewees: Reverend Percy Griffin, Phoenix (Louisiana).

Item 27: Sam Rivers and Kid London at the Contemporary Arts Center: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 April 27

Item 28: Paul Robeson Jr. Interviewee, 1978 March 17

Item 29: Paul Robeson Jr. Interviewee, 1978 March 17

[Tape 2]

Item 30: Paul Robeson, undated

Item 31: Royal Brass Band at Armstrong Park: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 October 4

Item 32: Snookum Russell (and Orchestra), circa 1972

Item 33: St. Louis Cemetery # 2 on Halloween: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 October 31

Visit with Grandjean, Joe Logsdon, Danny Barker, and Tom Dent.

Box 179

Item 1: St. Louis Cemetery #2 on Halloween: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 October 31: Visit by Grandjean, Joe Logsdon, Danny Barker, and Tom Dent.
Item 2: St. Louis Cemetery #2 on Halloween: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 October 31: Visit by Grandjean, Joe Logsdon, Danny Barker, and Tom Dent.
Item 3: Kalamu ya Salaam, Tom Dent and Walter Washington at the Ethiopian Theater: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 March 27
Item 4: Kalamu ya Salaam reading Tom Dent's poems on WWOZ (Radio): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 July
Item 5: Kalamu ya Salaam Interviewee: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1992 March 9: Topics include: FST (Free Southern Theater), Congo Square Writer's Workshop, and SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance).
Item 6: Andrew Salkey and Dennis Brutus at the Emory University's Writer's Conference: Atlanta, Georgia, 1983 March 4
Item 7: San Francisco Black Theater Discussion: San Francisco, California, 1973 April 18
Item 8: Secondline (Shows 1 and 4): New Orleans, Louisiana, undated
Item 9: Secondline (Hours 2 and 3): New Orleans, Louisiana, undated
Item 10: Jerome Smith Interview on St. Joseph's Day: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 February 21: Includes: Interview with Toudy (sic) Montana, 1986 February 22.
Item 11: Sounds of Bunkina Fasso: Gambia, West Africa, 1991 February 24
Item 12: Sounds of Qungadougon and Bunkina Fasso: Gambia, West Africa, 1991 Feburary 24-25: [Tape 2]
Item 13: Sounds of the South Band with Worth Long at the King Center: Atlanta, Georgia, 1988 October 29
Item 14: Sounds of the South Band at the Contemporary Arts Center: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991 December 7
Item 15: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) Winter Conference, 1975 May 24: Includes: Interviews for River Road Oral History Project in Convent, Louisiana.
Item 16: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance): Memphis, Tennessee, 1976 May: Includes: Poetry reading and discussion.
Item 17: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1976 November 27: Includes: discussion of performances.
Item 18: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance): Atlanta, Georgia, 1977 November: Includes: Ali Sisay, Black Fire, and M. Ensemble (Miami, Florida).
Item 19: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) open poetry reading: Tougaloo, Mississippi, 1978 August 26: Includes: Lorenzo Thomas, Carolyn Fowler, Jerry Ward, Ahmos Zu-Bolton, tom Dent, Chakula Jua Cha, and Jorro (sic).
Item 20: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance), 1978 May 28: Performances: Ben Williams, Charles Price, and Ali Sisay.
Item 21: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) Festival: Austin, Texas, 1978
Item 22: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) Festival: Austin, Texas, 1978: Topics include: Black Experience. [Tape 2]
Item 23: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) Festival: Austin, Texas, 1978: [Tape 3]
Item 24: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) Festival: Austin, Texas, 1978: Includes: Poetry reading by regional poets, Lorenzo Thomas, Tom Dent, Chakula Jua Cha, etc. [Tape 4]
Item 25: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) reading: Tougaloo, Mississippi, 1979 May 26
Item 26: SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance): Tougaloo, Mississippi, 1980 Mary 24: Performances and poetry readings: Improvisational Arts Quintet, Ethridge Knight, Kalamu ya Salaam, and Nayo (Barbara Watkins).
Item 27: Southern Communications Panel with Tom Dent, Avril Madison, and Kim Lacey Rogers: Birmingham, Alabama, 1990 April 7
Item 28: Southern Poetry Festival, 1977 May 10-11: Includes: Poetry readings by Gloria Oden and Lance Jeffers with a panel discussion by Tom Dent and Huel Perkins.
Item 29: Southern Poetry Festival, 1977 May 10-11: Includes: Panel discussion with Tom Dent and Huel Perkens and poetry readings by Tom Dent, Amhos Zu-Bolton, and Julius E. Thompson, as well as a performance by the Heritage Choir. [Tape 2]
Item 30: Soyinka reading at LSU (Louisiana State University): Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1987 March 4
Item 31: Interviews with James Spady and Sterling Brown: Washington, D.C., 1978 March 6: Topics include: Marcus Christian.
Item 32: Sun Ra (band) at SUNO (Southern University at New Orleans): New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 October 2
Item 33: Super Sunday Parade on St. Joseph's Day: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 April 5: Includes: Poetry reading by New Orleans poets at Cafe Basil, 1987 April 5.
Item 34: Symposium on Jazz and the Diaspora: Martinique, 1992 June 27: Includes: Edward Glissant, Seryal (sic), Tom Dent and Kalamu ya Salaam.

Box 180

Item 1: Talk on African Journey (trip) with Gabriel Mendy at Clyde Smith's House: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 February 22
Item 2: Talk on Black Louisiana history during Kwanza at the Desire Multi-Service Center: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 December 30
Item 3: Tambourine and Fan member funeral with the Olympia Brass Band: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1977 August 20
Item 4: Tambourine and Fan at the St. Joseph's Day Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 March 18
Item 5: Tambourine and Fan at the St. Joseph's Day Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 March 3: Includes: The Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the Olympia Brass Band.
Item 6: Tambourine and Fan at the St. Joseph's Day Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1980 March 23: [Tape 2]
Item 7: Tambourine and Fan at the St. Joseph's Day Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1982 April 13: Includes: Interviews with Dollar Brond (sic), and Abdullah Ibrahim, a performance of The Scion by Adella Gautier at SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) on Memorial Day 1982, and Act One-Congo Square, Jackson (Mississippi).
Item 8: Tambourine and Fan at the St. Joseph's Day Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1983 March 20
Item 9: Tambourine and Fan at the St. Joseph's Day Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984 March 25: Performances: Olympia Brass Band, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the Rebirth Band, and Indian chants and drums.
Item 10: Tambourine and Fan at the St. Joseph's Day Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984 March 25: Includes: Bo Dollis and Wild Magnolia Chants, as well as an interview with Jerome Smith at Hunter's Field. [Tape 2]
Item 11: Tambourine and Fan at the St. Joseph's Day Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985 March 24
Item 12: Tambourine and Fan at the St. Joseph's Day Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985 March 24: [Tape 2]
Item 13: Funeral of Ellena Tatum at Corpus Christi Church, 1986 September 26
Item 14: Funeral of Ellena Tatum at Corpus Christi Church, 1986 September 29: Performances: Young Men Olympian Band.
Item 15: Telephone conference regarding the FST (Free Southern Theater): microcassette, undated
Item 16: Telephone conference regarding Monroe, undated
Item 17: Telephone conference regarding the Civil Rights Movement, (sic) College, and the Free Southern Theater, undated
Item 18: Television interview on poetry: Orlando, Florida, 1977 March 31: Topics include: Dream Orpheum and Ten Years After Umbra. Also, includes Julius Thompson and Ahmos Zu-Bolton in New Orleans (Louisiana), 1977 March 31.
Item 19: Theater of Afro Arts: Miami, Florida, 1976 November 27: Includes: Carpetbag Theater in Knoxville (Tennessee), and SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) meeting in New Orleans (Louisiana).
Item 20: Theater of Afro Arts: Miami, Florida, 1976 November 27: Includes: Urban Theater in Houston (Texas) and SBCA (Southern Black Cultural Alliance) meeting in New Orleans (Louisiana).
Item 21: Askia Muhamed Toure and Sonia Sanchez at the Emory Writers Conference: Atlanta, Georgia, 1983 March 3
Item 22: Treme Festival: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991 September 28: Performances: Foundation Band and Lil Rascals
Item 23: Treme Festival: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991 September 28: Performances: Bennie Jones and the Chosen Few Band. [Tape 2]
Item 24: Treme Festival : New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991 September 28: [Tape 3]
Item 25: Treme Festival: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991 September 28: Performances: Dirty Dozen Brass Band. [Tape 4]
Item 26: Treme Festival: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993 October 13
Item 27: Treme Festival: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993 October 13: Performances: Dirty Dozen Brass Band. [Tape 2]
Item 28: Treme Festival: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993 October 13: Performances: Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the end of the Secondline. [Tape 3]
Item 29: Treme Festival Panel at St. Marks Church: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993 November 12: Panel with Joe Logsdon, Benda Osbey, Jim Hayet (sic), Danny Barker, and Tom Dent.
Item 30: Treme Festival Panel at St. Marks Church: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993 November 12: [Tape 2]
Item 31: Treme Historical Development Corporation at St. Augustine Church Hall: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998 February 19: Panel with Tom Dent discussing Congo Square, Toudy (sic) Montana discussing the building trade, Mn-Becrel (sic) discussing the Zulu Social Club, and Jacki Harris as the moderator.
Item 32: Tuxedo Band at Armstrong Park: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 August 23
Item 33: Quincy Troupe and the American Rag back party: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978 October 15: Poetry reading with Nonbert (sic) Davidson, Quincy Troupe, Quo Vadis Gex, Charles Rowell, Paulette Johnson.
Item 34: Umbra Panel at Henry Street Settlement Center: New York, New York, 1991 November 23: Panel with (sic) Bruce Wright, Calvin Hernton, Steve Cannon, Norma Rogers, Tom Dent, David Henderson, Archie Shepp, Ishmael Reed, and Alvin Simon.

Box 181

Item 1: Umbra Panel at Henry Street Settlement Center: New York, New York, 1991 November 23

[Tape 2]

Item 2: Umbra Panel at Henry Street Settlement Center: New York, New York, 1991 November 23

[Tape 3]

Item 3: Umbra Panel at Henry Street Settlement Center: New York, New York, 1991 November 24

[Tape 4]

Item 4: Umbra Panel at Henry Street Settlement Center: New York, New York, 1991 November 24

[Tape 5]

Item 5: United Negro College Fund Memorial for Benjamin Mays, Hollis Price, and Albert Dent: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984 October 3

Speakers include: Samuel Cook, Hugh Glasten Walker, Tom Dent, Fred Patterson, Norman Francis, and William Trent.

Item 6: Umbra (Writers' Workshop) History with David Henderson, Tom Dent, and Lorenzo Thomas: Houston, Texas, 1982 February 15

Item 7: Umbra (Writers' Workshop) History with David Henderson, Tom Dent, and Lorenzo Thomas: Houston, Texas, 1982 February 15

[Tape 2]

Item 8: Uptown All-Stars with Cynille Neville at Tipitina's: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 January 29

Item 9: Victory Band and Young Men's Olympian Band Parade: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 December 6-7

Performances: Stafford (sic), Nelson, Michael White, Danny Barker, and the Tuxedo Band with visitors.

Item 10: Voice of Africa Interview, 1997 January 21

Item 11: Voices of Movement Panels: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984 January 14

Item 12: Voices of Movement Panels: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984 January 18

[Tape 2]

Item 13: Voices of Movement Testimonies: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984 January 14

Item 14: Voices of New Orleans (Movement) King Panel: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 January 18

Item 15: Margaret Walker Interviewee, 1972 October 3

[via telephone]

Side 1: Interview with Carlton Mollete regarding Black southern theater, 1972 September 28.

Item 16: Margaret Walker Interviewee, 1972 October 3

[Tape 2]

Includes: Interview with Doug Turner Ward.

Item 17: Douglas Turner Ward Interviewee: Washington, D.C., 1977 May 6

Includes: Howard's Writer's Conference discussion.

Item 18: Jerry Ward Panel with Reginald Martin and Tom Dent at LeMoyne College: Memphis, Tennessee, 1990 February 23

Performances: Ritual Murder: A One Act Play at Blues City Cultural Center, Memphis (Tennessee).

Item 19: Walter Washington, circa 1972

Item 20: Walter Washington and John Adams at Mel's Lounge: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1974 July 22

Item 21: Walter Washington and Gwen (sic) Brooks at Hamond, 1974 March 18

[Tape 2]

Item 22: Walter Washington on Mardi Gras: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 February 27

Item 23: Walter Washington at Anderson's: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979 March 21

Item 24: Walter Washington at Dorothy's Medallion: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1984 January 27

Item 25: Walter Washington and Tom Dent poetry rehearsal: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990 December 27

Item 26: Walter Washington at Dorothy's Medallion: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1985 August 23

Item 27: Walter Washington at Dorothy's Medallion: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986 January 1

Item 28: Walter Washington at Tyler's: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1987 August 6

Side B: Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Cheron's, 1987 August 8.

Item 29: Walter Washington new record takes at Southlake Studios: Metairie, Louisiana, 1987 October 31

Item 30: Walter Washington, undated

Item 31: Phyliss Wheatley Poetry Festival at Jackson State College: Jackson, Mississippi, 1973 November 5

Includes: Sarah (sic) Fabio and Margaret Walker,

Item 32: Interview conducted by Ernest Wiggins for the Hatch-Billups Collection, 1976 August 24

Item 33: Pearlie Williams Interviewee: Convent, Louisiana, 1979 September 22

Item 34: WWOZ (Radio) Martin Luther King Program with Jerome Smith, Henry Mitchell, Lolis Elie, and Denise (sic) Castle, 1989 January 16

Item 35: Xavier University's Martin Luther King Cultural Program: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 January 21

Box 182

Item 1: Blues article and part of North Carolina article for Freedomways (dictation): 1/4 " open reel audiotape, 1968 August
Item 2: David (Henderson) and Calvin (Hicks/Hernton) at the Free Southern Theater: 1/4 " open reel audiotape, 1969 February 16
Item 3: David (Henderson) and Calvin (Hicks/Hernton) at the Free Southern Theater: 1/4 " open reel audiotape, 1969 February 16: [Tape 2]
Item 4: David (Henderson) and Calvin (Hicks/Hernton) at the Free Southern Theater: 1/4 " open reel audiotape, 1969 February 16: [Tape 3]
Item 5: Mary Holmes (College) Writing Class: 1/4" open reel audiotape, 1969 February 21
Item 6: Paul Barbarin Memorial Jazz Funeral: 1/4" open reel audiotape, 1969 February 23
Item 7: Free Southern Theater workshop and reading at Mary Holmes (College): 1/4" open reel audiotape, 1969 April
Item 8: Free Southern Theater Board of Directors Meeting: 1/4" open reel audiotape, 1970
Item 9: Jazz interview with Snookum Russel (Issac), (Danny) Barker, (Val) Ferdinand, and (Tom) Dent at the Paddock Lounge, New Orleans (Louisiana): 1/4" open reel audiotape, 1970 January 27
Item 10: Little Rock performance and Jackson rehearsal: 1/4" open reel audiotape, 1970 April 10-13: [BLKARTSOUTH]
Item 11: Poetry rehearsal of BLKARTSOUTH in Mississippi: 1/4" open reel audiotape, 1970 May 13-15: Performances in Marks and Greenville, Mississippi.
Item 12: Dan Vincent WYLD Programs: 1/4" open reel audiotape, 1971
Item 13: Curtis Graves in New Orleans: 1/4" open reel audiotape, 1972 February 18
Item 14: Unidentified or unused: 1/4" open reel audiotape, undated
Item 15: BLKARTSOUTH Poetry rehearsal: 1/4" open reel audio, 1969 August 9
Item 16: Aunt Lula (Interview), Marlin (Texas): 1/4" open reel audio, 1970 November 4
Item 17: Interview with Ulis Calvert of West Point, Mississippi a witness in the John Thomas killing: 1/4" open reel audiotape, 1970 August 15: Includes: Interviews with Carl Gaines and Rudy Shields.
Item 18: Jazz discussion with (Danny) Barker, (Val) Ferdinand, and (Tom) Dent: 1/4" open reel audiotape, 1970 January

Box 183

Item 1: LeMoyne College, Memphis (Tennessee): 1/4" open reel audiotape (5" reel), 1967 June 16
Item 2: AKA Don Bonus [videorecording]: P.O.V. /produced by WGBH, undated
Item 3: Elizabeth Catlett Lecture [videorecording], 1989 February 25
Item 4: Congo Square Lecture Series on Videotap [videorecording]: Elizabeth Catlett, February 25, 1989 /produced by New Orleans Video Access Center, 1991
Item 5: Congo Square Lecture Series on Videotape [videorecording]: Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, November 5, 1988 /produced by New Orleans Video Access Center, 1991
Item 6: Congo Square Lecture Series on Videotape [videorecording]: Kerorapetse Kgositsile, November 3, 1987 /produced by New Orleans Video Access Center, 1991
Item 7: Covington House Historical Marker Dedication [videorecording], 1995 July 29
Item 8: 90th Birthday Celebration of Mrs. Jesse Dent [videorecording], 1994 May 21
Item 9: Danny Barker Funeral Unedited [videorecording], 1994 March 17: Included: Letter from Anne O. Craig, Storyville: the documentary film project, 1995 June 13. [letter has been interfiled in correspondence]
Item 10: Best of the Fest [videorecording] /produced by Ken Ehrlich Productions, undated
Item 11: Black Voices Lecture [videorecording], 1998 February 12

Box 184

Item 1: Black Voices Poetry at Memorial Hall [videorecording], 1998 February 13
Item 2: Brass Bands [videorecording], undated
Item 3: Brass Bands [videorecording] /produced by National Geographic Explorer, 1989 November 27
Item 4: Brass Bands [videorecording] /produced by NGS Explorer (Rough-Cut), 1989 November 22
Item 5: Brass Bands [videorecording] /produced by National Geographic Explorer (Fine-Cut), 1989 December 5
Item 6: Brass Bands [videorecording] /produced by National Geographic Explorer (Narration Cut)
Item 7: Brass [videorecording] /produced by National Geographic Explorer, undated
Item 8: Brass [videorecording] /produced by National Geographic Explorer, undated
Item 9: Edward K. Brathwaite Lecture [videorecording]: New Orleans, Louisiana, 1988 February 20
Item 10: Malcolm X: A Documentary Narrated by James Earl Jones [videorecording], undated

Box 185

Item 1: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival [videorecording]: 1990 Highlights Show 1 /produced by Exile Pictures, Inc., 1990
Item 2: New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival [videorecording]: 1990 Highlights Show 2 /produced by Exile Pictures, Inc.
Item 3: Nightline "River" Show [videorecording], undated
Item 4: Ritual Murder [videorecording], 1994 November 14
Item 5: Paul Robeson, "The Emperor Jones" [videorecording] /produced by PCUS, undated
Item 6: Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Jelly Columbia Records: New York, NY, 1993: [compact disk]