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- ↑ "Cleo Powell, Va.'s first black female justice to be sworn in" WJLA. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Powell sworn in as justice on Virginia Supreme Court" Archived January 5, 2013, at archive.today Richmond Times Dispatch
- ↑ "Virginia Women in History: Cleo Elaine Powell". Library of Virginia. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
