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- ↑ "Speakers For Institute" . The Orlando Sentinel. August 24, 1957. p. 15. Retrieved July 24, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 Houston, Benjamin (2012). The Nashville Way: Racial Etiquette and the Struggle for Social Justice in a Southern City. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press. pp. 50–51. ISBN 9780820343266. OCLC 940632744.
- ↑ "Fisk's Dr. Valien Resigns For USIA Nigeria Post" . The Tennessean. January 7, 1960. p. 10. Retrieved July 24, 2018– via Newspapers.com.