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James Brown Shined Shoes Here!

Tracy Thomas, New Musical Express, 22 July 1966

"SHINE, MISTER?" a tiny shoeshine boy called after a passing businessman, who dismissed him with a shake of his head. The young Negro sighed and sat down next to his orange-crate box on the auditorium steps, waiting for another passer-by.

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