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- ↑ "Black candidates win in state legislatures1, 1920". The New York Age. November 13, 1920. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
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- ↑ "Document 20: "MRS. Mossell Griffin's Lynch Bill as a Model," [1922]| Alexander Street Documents".
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