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- ↑ The Black Scholar
- ↑ Evans, Sara (1980). Personal Politics: The Roots of Women's Liberation in the Civil Rights Movement & the New Left (Unabridged. ed.). New York: Vintage Books. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-307-77360-9.
- ↑ Maya Jaggi, "Redemption songs" - Alice Walker profile, The Guardian, January 15, 2005.
- ↑ Karla Simcikova, To Live Fully, Here and Now: The Healing Vision in the Works of Alice Walker, Lexington Books, 2007, p. 148.
- ↑ CPUSA Online - The Nature of the "White-Black Relationship"
- ↑ Interview with Herb Boyd *Writers Write - The IWJ*
- ↑ Honoring Sergeant Carter
- 1 2 :: Port Chicago Survivors - History & Concept ::
- ↑ Heyday Books: The Port Chicago Mutiny
- ↑ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 1977 Fellows Page Archived 2006-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ I've Known Rivers | Author Biography Index
- ↑ ABA: Book Industry Awards Archived July 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ :: The Black Hollywood Education & Resource Center ::
- ↑ PRX » Pieces » The Port Chicago 50: An Oral History
- ↑ "The Job That Takes over Your Life". 27 September 1996.
- ↑ News Releases - Long Walk to Freedom - SFPL.org
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