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- 1 2 "Bobby Lovett" (PDF). Tennessee State University Library. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- ↑ submitted, Article (January 25, 2021). "Nashville Historian Dr. B. L. Lovett Responds to Gov. Lee's Negative Comments to VP Kamala Harris on Abortion". The Tennessee Tribune.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ submitted, Article (February 4, 2021). "Nashville Historian Dr. B. L. Lovett Comments on Removal of Jackson Portrait from the White House". The Tennessee Tribune.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ From winter to winter : the Afro-American history of Nashville, Tennessee, 1870-1930. Tennessee State University. March 28, 1981 – via catalog.library.nashville.org.
