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- ↑ Capehart, Jonathan (June 8, 2012). "Boyd Brown: A voice of a generation out of South Carolina". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
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- ↑ Brown, Boyd (January 30, 2013). "My first DNC meeting of 2013". South Carolina Democratic Party Blog. Retrieved December 27, 2022.