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- ↑ Armstrong, Linda (18 June 2020). "A call to arms to sustain theaters of color". New York Amsterdam News. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ↑ Russo, Amy (4 February 2016). "City cuts funding to 3 historic black theaters". am newyork. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ↑ "Coalition of Theatres of Color to Hold Town Hall Meeting, 6/4". Broadway World. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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