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- ↑ Holley, Santi Elijah (June 21, 2017). "'Burn the Town Down'". Portland Mercury . Retrieved 2019-02-08.
- 1 2 3 Serbulo, Leanne; Gibson, Karen (Spring 2013). "Black and Blue: Police-Community Relations in Portland's Albina District, 1964–1985". Oregon Historical Quarterly . 114 (1): 6–37.
- 1 2 "Albina Riot, Portland, Oregon (1967)". BlackPast. November 26, 2017. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ "Albina Riot, 1967". Oregon History Project. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved 2019-02-06.