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Lucy terry with her poem bars fight, composed in 1746 and first published in 1855 in josiah hollands history of western massachusetts. Rosko adlibbed record intros in rhymes as he spun soul sounds. A year earlier, chuck cooper joined boston and earl lloyd signed with washington. Program wticket stubs and don barksdale autograph on cover of program. This is the same rupp, who according to terry plutos book, loose balls, once. Don o graduated from belmont high school in dayton, oh.
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