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- ↑ "S.3667 - African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act".
- ↑ "Brown, Casey, Adams, Fitzpatrick Urge Administration to Fund African American Burial Grounds in Budget | U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio". www.brown.senate.gov. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
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- ↑ "Watch CBS Mornings: Descendent works to reclaim Black gravesite - Full show on CBS" . Retrieved 2024-10-12.
- ↑ "How the US's Black cemeteries are being made visible once more". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2024-03-14. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ↑ Williamson, Elizabeth. "America's Black Cemeteries and Three Women Trying to Save Them".
- ↑ Adams, Alma, Bipartisan Amendment Would Fund Program for Full $3 Million, Press Release, 10/02/2023