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- ↑ Taken from Central Florida News 13's "Black History In The Making" series Archived August 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 5 Aug. 2011
- ↑ Belvin Perry Sr., Pioneering Black Police Officer, Dies, by Debbie Salamone and Christopher Quinn, Orlando Sentinel (.com) staff, published May 17, 1995, accessed May 8, 2013.
- ↑ Casey Anthony not guilty of murder, other charges in daughter's death
- ↑ Belvin Perry, Jr. Attorney's page at Morgan & Morgan
- ↑ Weiner, Jeff (September 3, 2014). "Belvin Perry signs on at Morgan firm as personal-injury attorney". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved January 26, 2015.