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- 1 2 3 "Overton Loyd".
- ↑ Sutherland, Sam (December 9, 1978). "Casablanca's Parliament Push Is Ambitious Multi-Media Campaign". Record World .
- ↑ Diem Jones, #1 Bimini Road: Authentic P-Funk Insights, the Motor Booty Affair, Sufi Warrior Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-9653764-0-0.
- 1 2 Valerie Wilson Wesley, "African-American Illustrators", American Visions, August, 2000.
- ↑ Class of 3000 Guest Art Director Biographies Archived 2007-09-10 at the Wayback Machine , Turner Pressroom, September 27, 2006.
