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Curtis Mayfield

Sly and the Family Stone.

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Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

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Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield, c. 1970.

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Sly and the Family Stone.

Sly and the Family Stone.

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