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Mavis Staples

Lincoln Center Out of Doors concert poster Mavis Staples

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Articles available on Rock's Backpages

Mavis Staples: A Voice Like No Other... David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 28 September 1993
Mavis Staples Is for the Children Amy Linden, Village Voice, The, 12 January 2011
The music doc Mavis! lets the powerful performances do the talking Geoffrey Himes, Baltimore City Paper, 16 March 2015

Books

I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom's Highway by Greg Kot
Call Number: ML420.S737 K68 2014

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You Tube - Interviews

YouTube - Performances

Archival Resources on Mavis and the Staple Singers

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Audio

One True Vine by Mavis Staples with Jeff Tweedy
Call Number: CD STAPLE-M ONE 2013
You Are Not Alone by Mavis Staples
Call Number: CD STAPLE-M YOU 2010
The Voice by Mavis Staples
Call Number: CD STAPL-M VOIC 1993

Video

Mavis! A Film About Mavis Staples & the Staple Singers
Call Number: VID STAPL-M MAVI 2016

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