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- ↑ Bogle, Donald. Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television excerpt via The New York Times
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- ↑ Bourne, Stephen (2007). Ethel Waters: Stormy Weather.
- ↑ Robertson, Patrick (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts: Who Did What for the First Time
