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- ↑ – A Raisin in the Sun review – Los Angeles Sentinel
- ↑ Black Film – 2019 Tony Award Nominations
- ↑ Variety Reviews – It Ain't Nothin But the Blues Denver – Film Reviews – Review by Allen Young
- ↑ – Soul Sisters book – by Ambassador Suzan Johnson Cook