"Amen Corner" by James Baldwin, First Performance

00:00 Joanne V. Gabbin speaks and introduces play; 02:50 performance begins; 2:02:24 video cuts out during performance

"Amen Corner" by James Baldwin, Second Performance

03:21 Joanne V. Gabbin speaks and introduces play; 05:40 performance begins

African American Poetry and the Vernacular Matrix Part 1, 9/29/1994

00:05 video begins in the middle of Alvin Aubert introducing Roundtable panel discussion; 01:25 Aubert stands and presents; 11:40 Elizabeth Alexander speaks; 38:17 Aubert introduces Eleanor W. Traylor; 38:38 Traylor spea..

African American Poetry and the Vernacular Matrix Part 2, 9/29/1994

00:00 Video begins in the middle of Eleanor W. Traylor speaking; 04:40 Alvin Aubert introduces Sherley Anne Williams; 04:52 Williams begins speaking; Remainder of video is duplicate of FF0031 ending after the panel discu..

African American Poetry and the Vernacular Matrix Part 3, 9/29/1994

00:00 Sherley Anne Williams speaks; 18:20 Alvin Aubert speaks; 19:45 Joanne V. Gabbin instructs participants; 19:52 Darrell Stover addresses the panel; 21:13 Elizabeth Alexander responds to Stover; 21:57 Eleanor W. Trayl..

Al Saadun, Nasser, interviewed by Dan Brennan

Records an interview with Nasser Abdulsalam Al Saadun of Harrisonburg, Virginia, who speaks about his experience coming to the Shenandoah Valley as a refugee from Iraq. Al Saadun discusses his work as an interpreter for ..

Alvarado, Juan, interviewed by Terrence Haliburton

Juan Alvarado discusses his work as a forklift driver at a poultry plant in Harrisonburg, Virginia, He describes his early life, growing up on a farm Queretaro, Mexico, his day-to-day work at the poultry plant, and his p..

Artists' Books

Askia M. Touré Interview, 2004

John H. Bracey Jr. interviews Askia M. Touré, camera stays on Touré

Banquet Part 1, 9/30/1994

01:09 Darrell Stover introduces Morton Brooks, Brooks is performing on trombone while Stover reads; 11:42 Joanne V. Gabbin speaks; 12:55 Eugenia W. Collier speaks; 19:08 Gabbin speaks; 19:49 Mari Evans speaks; 20:26 Euge..