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- ↑ Yoo, Audrey (28 February 2011). "The Rise & Fall of Paul Robeson High School". The Brooklyn Ink. Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2016-09-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Wilson, R. L.; G. Allan Brown (2008). Ruger & His Guns: A History of the Man, the Company and Their Firearms. New York: Book Sales, Inc. p. 7. ISBN 978-0785821038.
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