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- ↑ "UNF - Thomas G. Carpenter Library - Afro-American Life Insurance Company". www.unf.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
- ↑ "J.A. Batts Heads Afro Ins. Co. in Ala". Alabama Tribune . May 6, 1949. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ↑ Santich, Kate (April 17, 1994). "The Spirit of American Beach". The Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved 23 August 2020.
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