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Little Jake Mitchell, 72, rehearses with his band, The Soul Searchers, on Feb. 9 in downtown Gainesville. Mitchell, who began singing when he was 5 years old, credits his historic 1961 Gator Growl performance as a catalyst to integration at UF.
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