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- 1 2 "Website About Page". Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
- ↑ North Carolina Office of Archives & History. "Lillian Exum Clement Stafford Historical Marker".
- ↑ https://www.ashevillenc.gov/government/meet-city-council/s-antanette-mosley/
- ↑ https://www.ashevillenc.gov/government/meet-city-council/sandra-kilgore/
- ↑ https://www.ashevillenc.gov/government/meet-city-council/sheneika-smith/
- ↑ https://www.ashevillenc.gov/government/meet-city-council/sage-turner/
- ↑ https://www.ashevillenc.gov/government/meet-city-council/maggie-ullman/