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- 1 2 "Harlem: Art and the Community". northbysouth.kenyon.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ↑ "ARTSEDGE: Drop Me Off in Harlem". artsedge.kennedy-center.org. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ↑ "Norman Lewis, an influential painter". African American Registry (AAREG). Retrieved 2020-05-09.
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