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- ↑ The Macon Guide and Ocmulgee National Monument Project. Georgia Writers' Program. J. W. Burke Company. 1939. p. 35.
Beda Etta College, a junior college and commercial high school, was founded by Minnie L. Smith in 1920
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Brown, Titus (2002). Faithful, Firm, and True: African American Education in the South. Mercer University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-86554-777-3.
- ↑ Herring, Jeanne (February 6, 2000). Macon, Georgia. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738506005.
- 1 2 "Macon". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ "Beda-Etta College at Memorial Church". The Macon News. 1930-04-06. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ↑ The WPA Guide to Georgia: The Peach State Author Federal Writers' Project. Trinity University Press. 2013. p. 202. ISBN 9781595342096.
- ↑ Maurer, Tracy (2001). Macon celebrates the millennium. Community Communications, Inc. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-58192-034-5 . Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ↑ "Linwood Cemetery Macon Georgia". linwoodmacon.com.