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- ↑ "Mississippi Blue Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- ↑ "Carl L. Mickens". Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
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