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- 1 2 Maraniss, Andrew (2014), Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South, Vanderbilt University Press, p. 119, ISBN 9780826520258
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- ↑ Flowers, Lamont A.; Flowers, Lawrence O.; Moore, James L. III, eds. (2016), "About the Authors", Advancing Educational Outcomes in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Issues in Black Education, University Press of America, p. 139, ISBN 9780761867890