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- ↑ Tinner-Williams, Nate (26 November 2021). "Remembering Claver College—the nation's second Black Catholic college". Black Catholic Messenger.
- ↑ Stories of the Ages: Endangered Black History - Guthrie (2012-01-26) , retrieved 2022-09-20
- ↑ O'Dell, Larry. "Colleges, African American". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture.
- ↑ Spaulding, Cathy (1989). "A century of care // Benedictine nuns have had a significant impact on state". Tulsa World .
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