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- ↑ "John Steptoe Award for New Talent". ALA. Retrieved 2015-10-26.
- ↑ Southgate, Martha (2002). The Fall of Rome. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-86500-3.
- ↑ Obenson, Tambay A. (June 17, 2013). "Kerry Washington, Viola Davis Set For Adaptation Of Blaxploitation-Set 'Third Girl From The Left'". Indiewire. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
