"Soul icon Curtis Mayfield dies", BBC News, 27. prosinca 1999.: "Credited with introducing social comment to soul music". (pristupljeno 28. studenoga 2006.)
Curtis MayfieldRock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum 23. studenoga 2006.. "…significant for the forthright way in which he addressed issues of black identity and self-awareness. …left his imprint on the Seventies by couching social commentary and keenly observed black-culture archetypes in funky, danceable rhythms. …sounded urgent pleas for peace and brotherhood over extended, cinematic soul-funk tracks that laid out a fresh musical agenda for the new decade." (pristupljeno 28. studenoga 2006.)
Curtis MayfieldRock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum 23. studenoga 2006.. "…significant for the forthright way in which he addressed issues of black identity and self-awareness. …left his imprint on the Seventies by couching social commentary and keenly observed black-culture archetypes in funky, danceable rhythms. …sounded urgent pleas for peace and brotherhood over extended, cinematic soul-funk tracks that laid out a fresh musical agenda for the new decade." (pristupljeno 28. studenoga 2006.)